A63B 37/00621
Centre hardness
Official title: {Centre hardness}
A63B37/00621 (Centre hardness) appears on 765 US grants and 819 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 765
- Published applications
- 819
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 216
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 7 |
| 2002 | 17 | 24 |
| 2003 | 24 | 35 |
| 2004 | 21 | 12 |
| 2005 | 11 | 8 |
| 2006 | 23 | 13 |
| 2007 | 14 | 15 |
| 2008 | 11 | 26 |
| 2009 | 12 | 49 |
| 2010 | 29 | 49 |
| 2011 | 42 | 62 |
| 2012 | 36 | 44 |
| 2013 | 26 | 39 |
| 2014 | 48 | 43 |
| 2015 | 53 | 70 |
| 2016 | 59 | 71 |
| 2017 | 64 | 57 |
| 2018 | 56 | 50 |
| 2019 | 61 | 30 |
| 2020 | 35 | 28 |
| 2021 | 25 | 21 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023 | 15 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 23 |
| 2025 | 8 | 23 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Golf balls having increased impact durability13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233063 A1Acushnet Company
- Golf ball19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077243 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Golf ball core with tailored hardness gradient5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034409 A1Acushnet Company
- Golf ball18 Dec 2025US 2025/0381450 A1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Golf ball389US 4,650,193 ASpalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc. · 1987
- Three-piece solid golf ball288US 5,048,838 ABridgestone Corporation · 1991
- Golf Ball265US 5,733,206 ALisco, Inc. · 1998
- Method of making a golf ball with a multi-layer core256US 6,056,842 AAcushnet Company · 2000
- Three-piece solid golf ball221US 5,782,707 ABridgestone Sports Co.Ltd. · 1998