A63B 37/00622
Surface hardness
Official title: {Surface hardness}
A63B37/00622 (Surface hardness) appears on 800 US grants and 881 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 800
- Published applications
- 881
- Assignees
- 32
- Inventors
- 229
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2003 | 27 | 34 |
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| 2009 | 12 | 54 |
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| 2015 | 57 | 68 |
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| 2020 | 35 | 29 |
| 2021 | 25 | 19 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 15 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 | 21 |
| 2025 | 6 | 23 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Golf ball23 Jun 2026US 12,661,556 B2Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Golf ball16 Jun 2026US 12,654,070 B2Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Rubber composition for golf ball, and golf ball16 Jun 2026US 12,655,276 B2Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Golf ball12 May 2026US 12,623,120 B2Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Multi-piece solid golf ball19 Aug 2025US 12,390,695 B2Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Multi-piece solid golf ball20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241237 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Golf ball9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097267 A1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Golf ball19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077243 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Golf ball core with tailored hardness gradient5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034409 A1Acushnet Company
- Golf balls having cores with increased hardness gradient9 Oct 2025US 2025/0312657 A1Acushnet Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Three-piece solid golf ball288US 5,048,838 ABridgestone Corporation · 1991
- Golf Ball265US 5,733,206 ALisco, Inc. · 1998
- Three-piece solid golf ball221US 5,782,707 ABridgestone Sports Co.Ltd. · 1998
- Method for producing a golf ball197US 6,113,831 ASpalding Sports Worldwide, Inc. · 2000
- Solid golf ball and process for producing the same194US 5,697,856 ASumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. · 1997