ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (9,682,290) developed by David M. Shear, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, for a metal wood club.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2015 (14/977,528). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=96,82,290.PN.&OS=PN/96,82,290&RS=PN/96,82,290

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