Although the month started slowly (there was just one new golfball patent in the first week) the index quickly regained lost ground, and soon reached one of the highest levels this year. (Showing a significant improvement on July, when the US patent office issued just 7 new patents for golfballs.) August 2012 ended with no […]
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The Golfball Index (UPDATED: July 2012)
The July 2012 figures for the Golfball Index have edged back down into negative territory again – failing to maintain the the promising figures for June. This month there were just 7 US patents issued for new types of golfballs. • Golf ball • Multi-layer-core golf ball having highly-neutralized polymer outer core layer • Golf […]
The Golfball Index (UPDATED: May/June 2012)
The May 2012 figures for the Golfball Index (the count of nep patents for golfballs) were again somewhat lacklustre. As in April 2012 there were just 7 new US golfball patents. But the index made good headway back into positive territory during June 2012 – when the US patent office issued no less than 10 new […]
Seemed like a good idea at the time (#1): Radioactive Golf Balls
“…the men who control their manufacture are wise enough to stop at a reasonable position, and not develop unduly a power that could be made dangerous.” [New York Tribune, May 17, 1918, Page 4] The men in question were from the Worthington Golf Ball Company, who, in 1910 began manufacturing their ‘Radio Golf Balls’. Whether […]