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Golf Inventions, Patents, and Technology via The IP Golf Guy (aka The Golf Patent Attorney): Category Archive for Fascinating IP of the Week

Matty G the Inventor! Say What

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 4/13/2014 12:00 AM

The Next USGA Initiative to Grow the Game

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/14/2013 12:00 AM

One Inventor That Won’t Be Happy About the Anchoring Ban

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 5/26/2013 12:00 AM

How Long Before Football Fields Have to Increase in Length?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/12/2013 12:00 AM

The Future of Golf, A Thoughtful Commentary on the State of the Game (or not)

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 10/18/2011 12:00 AM

Have You Ever Considered Energizing Your Golf Ball Via Your Tee?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 10/6/2011 12:00 AM

An Invention That My Beloved Buckeye Football Team Could Use

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/19/2011 12:00 AM

Forget About “Tee it Forward,” This is the Way to Make Golf More Fun

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/9/2011 12:00 AM

Is Their One Best Method of Achieving the Optimal Golf Stance? An Australian Inventor Thinks So and Has Patented It

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 7/5/2010 12:00 AM

Wrapping Up the Week Dedicated to Golf Course Patents – A Compact Design

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/6/2010 12:00 AM

Day 4 of the Week Dedicated to Golf Course Patents – Finally a Web Pattern Layout

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/4/2010 12:00 AM

Day 3 of the Week Dedicated to Golf Course Patents

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/3/2010 12:00 AM

A Week Dedicated to Golf Course Patents - Day 1

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/1/2010 12:00 AM

Pull This Putting Invention Out on the Practice Green and You May Get a Few Stares

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/21/2010 12:00 AM

Are Your Balls Deformed? Come On, Golf Balls of Course. Well, This Putter Will Let You Know

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/16/2010 12:00 AM

Ahh, There's My Problem; My Huge Driver Does Not Look Ridiculous Enough

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/13/2009 12:00 AM

Would You Game This Driver?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 5/26/2009 12:00 AM

Want to Reduce the Scatter of Your Tee Shots? Author of Several Golf Club R&D Books Receives Interesting Elastic Club Head Patent That May Help Out

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 4/16/2009 12:00 AM

What Has This Inventor Been Smoking?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 3/8/2009 12:00 AM

Hot New Golf Swing Practice Device or Next Big Flop?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 3/2/2009 12:00 AM

All Golfers Are Familiar With The “Best Ball” Format, But What About The Patent Pending “Worst Ball” Format?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/28/2009 12:00 AM

A Patent on a Method for Correcting a Golf Swing Using the Internet

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/24/2009 12:00 AM

Hot Product or Flop Product? The Golf Bag with a Built-In Pull Cart

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/6/2009 12:00 AM

Looking to Get a Little Extra Distance Out of Your Drives? Perhaps You Need an “Assistive Energy Type Golf Club”

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/29/2009 12:00 AM

Really, Is a Heated Club Head Cover Necessary?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/14/2009 12:00 AM

Talk About Alternative Energy! Why Not Generate Electrical Power From The Impact Of A Golf Club And Golf Ball?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/10/2009 12:00 AM

Is Foam the Future of PING? Probably Not, But Check Out This Interesting Karsten Manufacturing Patent Application!

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/2/2009 12:00 AM

Do You Sell Used Golf Clubs Online? If So, This Patent Application Should Be Of Interest To You

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 12/19/2008 12:00 AM

Northern Golfers, How Do You Satisfy Your Craving for Winter Golf?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 12/5/2008 12:00 AM

You Will Have to See the Latest Published Acushnet Golf Ball Patent Application to Believe It!

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 10/28/2008 12:00 AM

Interesting Driver Designed to Prevent Hooks and Slices… Think It Will Make It To The Market?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 10/27/2008 12:00 AM

Driver of the Future? Probably Not

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 10/9/2008 12:00 AM

Toss Out Your Cleveland and Vokey Wedges…. Here Is The Next Big Thing!

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/20/2008 12:00 AM

Golf Club Head of the Future? Probably Not, But Interesting Nonetheless

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/4/2008 12:00 AM

A Vibration Reducing Golf Glove…. Sound Pretty Good?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 6/5/2008 12:00 AM

The Quest for the Perfect Lighted Golf Ball..... Does It Exist?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 5/15/2008 12:00 AM

Finally, a “Jetdrive” Golf Club Head! Can You Imagine Air Leaving Your Club Head at a “Near Sonic Velocity”?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 5/12/2008 12:00 AM

A Putter for the Classic Car Lovers, Especially if You Love the 1957 Chevy

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 5/11/2008 12:00 AM

Having Trouble Reading Your Putts? If So, This Invention May Be Just What You Need

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 5/11/2008 12:00 AM

Tired of Using a Sweaty Golf Glove? If so, This Invention May be for You

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 5/7/2008 12:00 AM

Can it Be? A Practical Golf Ball Location System

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 5/5/2008 12:00 AM

Interesting Patent for Iron Faces Issues to Pixl Golf… Are They Still in Business?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 5/1/2008 12:00 AM

Holy Mackerel, Could this be the Next New Titleist or Cobra Driver?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 4/29/2008 12:00 AM

Can You Imagine Microwave Instructions on a Sleeve of Golf Balls?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 4/24/2008 12:00 AM

What the Heck is This Contraption? A Rather Unusual Golf Related Device Receives Design Patent

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 4/23/2008 12:00 AM

Patent Issues On The Use of Goose Droppings as Golf Tees

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 4/1/2008 12:00 AM

Can It Be? A Stocking Stuffer Type Golf Training Aide That Looks Pretty Good...

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 3/29/2008 12:00 AM

A Couple Tee Time Radio Show Interviews Are Available for Listening

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 3/17/2008 12:00 AM

Finally, A “Smart Golf Ball”!

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/21/2008 12:00 AM

Last Week I Posted About a Fluid-Filled Bladder Golf Club Patent Application… This Week a Patent Issues on a Remarkably Similar Design… Turns Out That Smart Inventors Do Think Alike

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/10/2008 12:00 AM

A Frog Putter, A Spider Putter, What’s Next?... A Mouse Putter, of Course

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/9/2008 12:00 AM

What Gets the Testosterone Flowing on the Golf Course? (A) Hit a 300+ Yard Drive, (B) Make a Hole-in-One, or (C) Hop on Your Golf Scooter (that has “balance wheels’”) and Scurrying Around the Course

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/6/2008 12:00 AM

If I Gave You a High Surface Friction Golf Ball Would You Expect More Spin or Less Spin When You Hit it With a Wedge? How About When Struck With Your Driver?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/3/2008 12:00 AM

A Post About Fluid-Filled Bladders

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/2/2008 12:00 AM

How Would You Like the Opportunity to Ride Your Golf Bag Around the Course?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 2/1/2008 12:00 AM

Golf Clubs Simply Need Wings and Fins! Can So Many Inventors Be Wrong?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/18/2008 12:00 AM

I Would Do Almost Anything To Improve My Game, But I Am Not Sure That I Would Strap Myself Into This Contraption

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/15/2008 12:00 AM

Does Your Putting Need Some Work? This Invention May Be Just What You Need

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/12/2008 12:00 AM

Get Your Alpha Case Crystals In Order!

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/11/2008 12:00 AM

The Latest Invention Intended to Eliminate the Lost Golf Ball

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/6/2008 12:00 AM

Do You Recall ShaftSkinz from the Fore Inventors Only Show? Well, This Invention Sounds a lot Like a ShaftSkinz for the Flag Stick…

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/4/2008 12:00 AM

If You Love Technology and Golf, Then These Irons May be for You

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/2/2008 12:00 AM

Does the Golf Shoe of the Future Include a Sensor, a Controller, and an Active-Response Element? Acushnet May Think So…

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 12/28/2007 12:00 AM

Have You Ever Thought About Adding Volcanic Rock Fibers to Your Clubs? Don’t Worry, Nike Has Thought About it for You

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 11/28/2007 12:00 AM

Would You Buy Liquid Filled Golf Balls? I Am Starting To Think That I Would

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 11/27/2007 12:00 AM

Toss Out Your Trusted Titleist Vokey Wedge, Burn That Beautiful Old Cleveland Wedge That You Know Better Than Your Family Members… The Wedge of the Future has Been Patented

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 11/22/2007 12:00 AM

Yet Another Adjustable Driver… Will It Ever Make it to Market?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 11/18/2007 12:00 AM

If Only I Had This Club When I Was Younger, Perhaps I Would Be on Tour

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 10/11/2007 12:00 AM

This Putter is Too Radical for Me

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 10/6/2007 12:00 AM

One for the Fishing Golfers… Although I Am Not Sure it is Really an Invention

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 10/5/2007 12:00 AM

Yet Another Swing Training Device Invention… An Armband, Bungee Cord, and Hosel Clamp

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 10/1/2007 12:00 AM

Golf Geeks Get Ready… There is Finally a Replacement for Your Combination Watch / Calculator, and It Tracks Which Clubs You Hit During Your Round…

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/26/2007 12:00 AM

Finally, No More Having to Remember What Type of Golf Ball You Are Playing, Let Alone that Pesky Number… Forget About Having to Mark Your Golf Ball… Just Remember What it Smells Like

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/25/2007 12:00 AM

Hot New Golf Invention? “Waterproof Protective Overshoe for Golf Shoes”… Could They Ever Sell Enough of These to Cover the Cost of the Patent Application?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/23/2007 12:00 AM

Another Driving Range Invention With Special Application to ALL the Double Decker Driving Ranges in the United States

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/23/2007 12:00 AM

What Could Make Your Time at the Driving Range More Interesting? How About Universal Product Codes on the Balls and an Automated Scoring System

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/21/2007 12:00 AM

Just What Every Course Needs… Advertising in the Cup

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/19/2007 12:00 AM

Golf Grass Patents Are Far and Few Between… A Post for the Golfer with a Green Thumb

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/13/2007 12:00 AM

There is No Shortage of Brain Power in the Golf Industry!

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/12/2007 12:00 AM

Everyone Has Heard of Hybrid Golf Clubs, but What About Hybrid Golf Balls

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/11/2007 12:00 AM

The IP Golf Guy Goes International – OK, That May be Stretching It, But I was Interviewed by the UK’s “Pods and Blogs” Radio Show on BBC Radio 5 Live

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/4/2007 12:00 AM

Golf Product of the Week… The Golf Club Ring

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/3/2007 12:00 AM

Club Head Adjustability Patents… Did the Club Manufacturers Predict the Recently Proposed USGA Rule Changes Years in Advance?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 9/2/2007 12:00 AM

Don’t Putt Like This or You May Get Sued for Patent Infringement… Do You Need a Freedom-to-Practice Opinion before Changing Your Swing?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/30/2007 12:00 AM

Review of the Seventh Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel – A Pleasant Surprise… America Gets to Vote on the Winner

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/29/2007 12:00 AM

Yet Another Swing Training Device Patent… I Can't Decide Whether it Would be Helpful, Hurtful, or Useless

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/28/2007 12:00 AM

A Salute to Aerodynamic Genius in the Golf Industry; Part 1 – Why Not Let Air Pass Through the Club Head?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/25/2007 12:00 AM

Huge Antique Golf Club Auction and Exhibition in NYC

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/24/2007 12:00 AM

The Perfect Driver… Why Can’t I Find This Club?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/23/2007 12:00 AM

Review of the Sixth Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel – Snooze…I Wish I Was Watching a Recording So That I Could Have Fast-Forwarded Through the Sales Training (i.e. the first 30 minutes)

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/22/2007 12:00 AM

Odd Club of the Week – Taking Square to the Wedge

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/21/2007 12:00 AM

I Couldn’t Make This Up… Patent Issues for Golf Ball Lubricant!

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/9/2007 12:00 AM

Review of the Fourth Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel - The Start of Field Testing

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 8/1/2007 12:00 AM

The Next Step in Club Head Adjustability? Acushnet’s COR Adjustment Patent

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 7/31/2007 12:00 AM

Perhaps Sergio’s Next Putter?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 7/26/2007 12:00 AM

Review of the Third Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel – Could They Squeeze in Any More GolfSmith Plugs?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 7/25/2007 12:00 AM

The Solution to Your Putting Woes? Think We Will See One on Tour Soon?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 7/24/2007 12:00 AM

Review of the Second Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel – Is Stina the Only Judge with Common Sense?

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 7/18/2007 12:00 AM

A Patent titled “Roadway-Transportable Artificial Golf Practice Green Apparatus”… What are They Thinking!

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 7/17/2007 12:00 AM

Review of the First Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel – A Lot of Whiffs and Shanks, but a Fun Show to Watch

Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 7/11/2007 12:00 AM
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