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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9333396 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2014

Color golf ball constructions incorporating durable and light-stable compositions

Applicant:

Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);

Inventors:

Brian Comeau, Berkley, MA (US);

Matthew F. Hogge, Plymouth, MA (US);

Manjari Kuntimaddi, Raynham, MA (US);

Michael Michalewich, Mansfield, MA (US);

Shawn Ricci, New Bedford, MA (US);

Peter L. Serdahl, New Bedford, MA (US);

Assignee:

Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);

Attorney:

Margaret C. Barker

Primary Examiner:

John E Simms, Jr

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/12 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01); A63B 43/00 (2006.01); A63B 45/00 (2006.01); A63B 45/02 (2006.01); C08G 18/48 (2006.01); C08G 18/72 (2006.01); C08G 18/75 (2006.01); C08G 18/79 (2006.01); C08G 18/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/0078 (2013.01); A63B 37/008 (2013.01); A63B 37/0022 (2013.01); A63B 37/0023 (2013.01); A63B 37/0024 (2013.01); A63B 37/0031 (2013.01); A63B 37/0033 (2013.01); A63B 37/0039 (2013.01); A63B 37/0041 (2013.01); A63B 37/0043 (2013.01); A63B 37/0045 (2013.01); A63B 37/0046 (2013.01); A63B 37/0061 (2013.01); A63B 37/0062 (2013.01); A63B 37/0063 (2013.01); A63B 37/0064 (2013.01); A63B 37/0065 (2013.01); A63B 37/0075 (2013.01); A63B 37/0087 (2013.01); A63B 43/008 (2013.01); A63B 45/00 (2013.01); A63B 45/02 (2013.01); C08G 18/10 (2013.01); C08G 18/4854 (2013.01); C08G 18/722 (2013.01); C08G 18/758 (2013.01); C08G 18/792 (2013.01);
Abstract

A golf ball comprising a core, a casing layer surrounding the core, a cover layer disposed about the casing layer, and three coating layers CL, CL, and CLdisposed about the cover layer, wherein the respective compositions and color appearances of the cover, casing, CL, CL, and CLeach contribute a color appearance to an overall golf ball color appearance CAhaving a color stability difference ΔEas measured in the CIELAB color space in a QUV after 24 hrs of less than 1.5 units, or less than 1.2 units, or less than 1.15 units or up to 1.0 units.

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