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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.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert T Thurman, Plainfield, IL (US);
Michael Vrska, Mundelein, IL (US);
Frank M Simonutti, Wheaton, IL (US);
Assignee:
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 71/06 (2006.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 71/06 (2013.01); G09B 19/0038 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0056 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including a golf ball comprising an internal sensor, and an internal wireless communicator. The internal wireless communicator adapted to communicate parameters sensed by the sensor to external electronics, wherein the external electronics are configured to determine if the golf ball went into a cup based upon the parameters.