Golf Club Shaft Patents Almost Nonexistent in 2006
The technology applied to golf club shafts is fascinating. Unique materials, innovative manufacturing processes. Therefore, one would expect to find lots of utility patents directed to shaft technology. This is not the case. My research indicates that only two utility patents issued in 2006 directed exclusively to shafts, with only a handful of others directed to sets of shafts, assembly methods, shaft extractors, and the like. I found this very surprising and suspect it is only a matter of time before one of the golf club / ball giants enters the shaft business.
Check out the following golf club shaft patents: USPN 7,048,645 and USPN 7,128,659.
Dave Dawsey – The IP Golf Guy
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