A63B 37/0092
Hardness distribution amongst different ball layers
Official title: {Hardness distribution amongst different ball layers}
A63B37/0092 (Hardness distribution amongst different ball layers) appears on 945 US grants and 1,047 published applications in this corpus.
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- 21 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Golf ball12 May 2026US 12,623,120 B2Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Golf ball12 May 2026US 12,623,121 B1Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
- Multi-piece solid golf ball20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241236 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Multi-piece solid golf ball20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241237 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Golf ball25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175091 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Golf balls having core layers with individual hardness gradients19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077244 A1Acushnet Company
- Golf ball29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027422 A1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multilayer golf ball with a thin thermoset outer layer435US 5,885,172 AAcushnet Company · 1999
- Golf ball389US 4,650,193 ASpalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc. · 1987
- Solid three-piece golf ball328US 5,184,828 AIlya Co. Ltd. · 1993
- Three-piece solid golf ball297US 5,002,281 ASumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. · 1991
- Golf Ball265US 5,733,206 ALisco, Inc. · 1998