A Grip for All You Cold Weather Golfers

I have been playing a lot of cold weather golf recently and have to admit that heated grips sound pretty nice, yet entirely impractical. Regardless, I recently came across a patent covering just such an invention and you can decide why we haven’t seen them on the market. The patent issued in 2004 as USPN 6,756,573 titled “Heated Golf Club Grip,” which describes the invention as…. Good idea, just not something that would sell…. Dave Dawsey – Monitoring Golf Grip Patents

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Discussion of the America Invents Act on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

I was honored to be a guest on the nationally syndicated Small Business Advocate® radio show this morning. Jim Blasingame and I discussed the America Invents Act and the implications for small businesses. Enacted on September 16, 2011, the America Invents Act is the most significant revamping of United States patent law in the last 50 years. Feel free to listen to the interview HERE. David Dawsey – The Small Business Patent Attorney

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Genius, Genius but Impossible to Pull Off, or Just Plain Wacky?

Today a Nike Golf patent application published that seems like such a good idea, albeit one that sounds much easier to say than actually do, that I am left wondering whether it has previously been done. You may recall a prior post regarding a Nike application directed to a golf club having hydrophobic and hydrophilic portions; well this week they have taken the hydrophilic concept to golf balls in US Pub. No. 20110319197 titled “Golf Ball with Hydrophilic Coating Layer.” The application explains…. That’s right, get the ball wet and the dimples become shallower and the ball becomes softer!…. OK, so here are my great ideas…(drum roll please) apply the same principle to the sole of shoes so that the traction capability increases during wet weather, or how about a golf grip with projections that expand a bit when wet to increase the wet weather playability. Just send me a check for $1 million and you can launch either of the products…. David Dawsey – Keeping an Eye on Golf Ball Inventions

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Can You Identify This Callaway Driver?

As usual, I would love to say there is a fabulous prize if you can correctly identify this driver, but there is not. Just the satisfaction of knowing you are a bigger golf geek than me. Good luck….. The side profile and high rear-edge are unlike traditional Callaway drivers. New product?…. Dave Dawsey – Monitoring Golf Inventions

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Golf Swing Training Patent Application Sparked My Interest Enough to Buy the Product

Have you ever heard of “The Synchronizer?” I had not until I came across an interesting patent application that published last week and thought to myself… “that just makes sense.” Then I did what I always do, I ran a search for the inventor to see if they have some skills, or are a hacker like me. This time it turned out the inventor is a PGA Lifetime Member and actually has product for sale on a website; all good signs so I bought one. The fact that it is the second training aid purchase I have made in the past month should give you an indication of the state of my game!…. If you see me at Q-school next year you will know that it works! Dave Dawsey – Monitoring Golf Swing Training Inventions

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The Best Golf Accessory Invention of the Year!

Who hasn’t seen a playing companion trying to balance a wedge and a putter on a 2” golf tee to keep their grips elevated and dry? Sure, there are plenty of products directed to solving this problem but I have to say that this solution is the best by far. Now I hate wet grips as much as any golfer but I have avoided buying any of the current products because I know that I will be on the other side of the green before I realize that it is still clipped to my bag; and forget about the fact that it will be lost after five rounds. Well, the solution has arrived and I would gladly spend my hard earned money on the invention disclosed in a patent application that published this week…. Dave Dawsey – Monitoring Golf Inventions

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A Putter Shaft That Can Help Your Alignment

An interesting putter shaft design patent recently issued as USPN D650,028 titled “Golf Club Shaft.” Check it out….. Of course this is not the first triangular golf shaft (for an example of one of the many predecessors see this prior post). Not quite sure how it will meet the USGA’s no “asymmetric properties” requirement, although Stulz Golf found a way…..

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Do You Know What RIP Stands For?

Did you know that the Aldila RIP technology is short for “reverse interlaminar placement?” Their RIP patent application recently published and provides all the details. The application published as US Pub. No. 20110294593 and describes the invention as…. You learn something new everyday…. Dave Dawsey – Monitoring Golf Shaft Patent Applications

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The New “Wind Tunnel” Driver

Yes, I proclaimed this driver the “Wind Tunnel,” it is not the actual product name although it fits perfectly. The club design is disclosed in a patent application that recently published as US Pub. No. 20110294590 titled “Golf Club With Wind Resistant Shaft And Golf Club Head.”…. Interesting concept, as it has been each time I have come across it in the past. Take a look at this post and think of all the money that could have been saved if only they read the Golf-Patents blog! I wouldn’t expect to see this design on store shelves, or in Tiger’s bag, anytime soon…..

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A Nike Design That is Just Weird Enough That I Would Love to Give it a Try

Humm, a Nike golf club application with the sole inventor located in Amsterdam, a place known for free thinking. Has “The Oven” moved? The potential jokes are endless, so I will leave it at that. The following interesting adjustability design is disclosed in a patent application that published last week as US Pub. No. 20110294591 titled “Golf Club With Adjustable Shaft.” The application describes the invention as…. I can see how a center shafted driver would seem like a good idea (after polishing off a plate of brownies and half a bag of Doritos)….

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