A63B 37/12
Special coverings , i.e. outer layer material
Official title: Special coverings {, i.e. outer layer material (balls with finger holes A63B37/0001, golf ball covers A63B37/0023)}
A63B37/12 (Special coverings , i.e. outer layer material) appears on 758 US grants and 718 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lawn bowl20 Jan 2026US 12,527,993 B2ComfitPro (PTY) LTD
- Training ball1 Apr 2025US 12,263,391 B2
- Two layer recreational air-tight object having a patterned illuminated surface3 Dec 2024US 12,157,037 B2Gigglicious, LLC
- Sports training ball having embossed design26 Nov 2024US 12,151,143 B2Swax Lax LLC
- Leather covered game ball1 Oct 2024US 12,102,883 B2Rohm and Haas Company
- Golf ball25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175093 A1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- SustainABALL18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166387 A1
- Ball with noise reduction characteristics11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158335 A1Selkirk Sport, LLC
- Noise Reduction Pickleball20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352861 A1
- Spherical structure having raised texture7 Aug 2025US 2025/0249315 A1Blackstar Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multilayer golf ball with a thin thermoset outer layer435US 5,885,172 AAcushnet Company · 1999
- Multilayer golf ball433US 5,688,191 AAcushnet Company · 1997
- Golf ball covers360US 5,692,974 AAcushnet Company · 1997
- Urethane golf ball covers using epoxy compounds with a polyamine or glycol as curing agents304US 5,908,358 AAcushnet Company · 1999
- Golf ball with cover having at least three layers219US 6,117,025 ASpalding Sports Worldwide, Inc. · 2000