B29L 2031/546
Golf balls
Official title: {Golf balls}
B29L2031/546 (Golf balls) appears on 169 US grants and 206 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29L- Granted patents
- 169
- Published applications
- 206
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 177
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 14 |
| 2012 | 0 | 12 |
| 2013 | 5 | 35 |
| 2014 | 17 | 15 |
| 2015 | 19 | 15 |
| 2016 | 12 | 17 |
| 2017 | 19 | 9 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 |
| 2019 | 15 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 10 |
| 2021 | 7 | 15 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11 |
| 2023 | 11 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 |
| 2025 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Mold for golf balls8 Sep 2026US 12,728,566 B2Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for forming golf ball dual cores1 Sep 2026US 12,722,331 B1Acushnet Company
- Coating free, finished golf ball with polyurethane cover21 Jul 2026US 12,685,904 B2Acushnet Company
- Cast elastomers with tunable material property development16 Jun 2026US 12,654,368 B2Acushnet Company
- Golf ball manufacturing method31 Mar 2026US 12,589,526 B2Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Methods and molds for molding golf balls incorporating a thermoplastic polyurethane cover11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158716 A1Acushnet Company
- Golf ball having an interlocking multi-layered core30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115539 A1Acushnet Company
- Golf ball mold and golf ball manufacturing method11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375671 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Golf ball mold having direct venting24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236055 A1Acushnet Company
- Objects containing crystalline boron nitride and methods of manufacturing same15 May 2025US 2025/0154367 A1Raptor Sports Pty Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of forming a golf ball core176US 6,180,040 B2Acushnet Company · 2001
- Ring gate for retractable pin injection molding92US 6,235,230 B1Acushnet Company · 2001
- Polyalkenamer compositions and golf balls prepared therefrom50US 7,528,196 B2Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc. · 2009
- Golf ball with soft core42US 6,315,684 B1Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc. · 2001
- Methods for making multi-layer golf balls using rigid uncrosslinked shells25US 6,093,357 AAcushnet Company · 2000