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Michael E. Franz — 61 Patents

ACAcushnet: 32 patents #66 of 496Top 15%
TCTaylor Made Golf Company: 24 patents #42 of 288Top 15%
Honda Motor Co.: 4 patents #5,328 of 21,052Top 30%
San Diego, CA: #515 of 23,606 inventorsTop 3%
California: #5,709 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #37,626 of 4,157,543Top 1%
61 Patents All Time
Michael E. Franz has been granted 61 US patents while listed as an inventor at Acushnet. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in November 2025. Michael E. Franz ranks #37,626 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.91%). Patent records list Michael E. Franz in San Diego, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 61 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12478846 Golf club having a damping element for ball speed control Marni D. Ines, Oswaldo Gonzalez, John Morin, Jason A. Mata, Jonathan Hebreo +1 more 2025-11-25
12161920 Weighted iron set Jason A. Mata, Marni D. Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Joshua G. Breier, Joshua C. Stokes +1 more 2024-12-10
12102887 Golf club head Todd P. Beach, Kraig Alan Willett, Nathan T. Sargent 2024-10-01
11872454 Golf club head Nathan T. Sargent, Joseph Reeve Nielson, Matthew David Johnson, Matthew Greensmith, Todd P. Beach 2024-01-16
11826620 Golf club having a damping element for ball speed control Marni D. Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Charles E. Golden, Oswaldo Gonzalez, Grant M. Martens +3 more 2023-11-28
11786789 Golf club having a damping element for ball speed control John Morin, Jason A. Mata, Jonathan Hebreo, Charles E. Golden, Grant M. Martens +2 more 2023-10-17
11724166 Golf club having damping treatments for improved impact acoustics and ball speed Charles E. Golden, Jonathan Hebreo, Brian Comeau 2023-08-15
11478684 Weighted iron set Jason A. Mata, Marni D. Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Joshua G. Breier, Joshua C. Stokes +1 more 2022-10-25
11364420 Golf club head Nathan T. Sargent, Joseph Reeve Nielson, Matthew David Johnson, Matthew Greensmith, Todd P. Beach 2022-06-21
10953292 Golf club head Todd P. Beach, Kraig Alan Willett, Nathan T. Sargent 2021-03-23
10898767 Golf club head Nathan T. Sargent, Joseph Reeve Nielson, Matthew David Johnson, Matthew Greensmith, Todd P. Beach 2021-01-26
10881924 Weighted iron set Jason A. Mata, Marni D. Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Joshua G. Breier, Joshua C. Stokes +1 more 2021-01-05
10799775 Golf club head Nathan T. Sargent, Joseph Reeve Nielson, Matthew David Johnson, Matthew Greensmith, Todd P. Beach 2020-10-13
10716985 Golf club having damping treatments for improved impact acoustics and ball speed Charles E. Golden, Jonathan Hebreo, Brian Comeau 2020-07-21
10702751 Weighted iron set Marni D. Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Joshua C. Stokes 2020-07-07
10625124 Golf club with flexure John Morin, Noah de la Cruz, Nick Frame, Charles E. Golden, Jonathan Hebreo +1 more 2020-04-21
10532256 Golf club head Nathan T. Sargent, Joseph Reeve Nielson, Matthew David Johnson, Matthew Greensmith, Todd P. Beach 2020-01-14
10507366 Golf club having double-walled striking face Jonathan Hebreo, Marni D. Ines, Joshua C. Stokes, Grant M. Martens, Charles E. Golden +1 more 2019-12-17
10478681 Weighted iron set Marni D. Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Ryan J. A. Ritchie 2019-11-19
10463929 Golf club head with stepped crown Kraig Alan Willett, Nathan T. Sargent, Joseph Reeve Nielson 2019-11-05
10463933 Weighted iron set Jason A. Mata, Marni D. Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Joshua G. Breier, Joshua C. Stokes +1 more 2019-11-05
10463932 Golf club head Nathan T. Sargent, Joseph Reeve Nielson, Matthew David Johnson, Matthew Greensmith, Todd P. Beach 2019-11-05
10413784 Golf club head Todd P. Beach, Kraig Alan Willett, Nathan T. Sargent 2019-09-17
10357697 Weighted iron set Joshua G. Breier, Jonathan Hebreo, Marni D. Ines, Grant M. Martens, Jason A. Mata +1 more 2019-07-23
10188917 Weighted iron set Ryan J. A. Ritchie, Marni D. Ines, Jonathan Hebreo 2019-01-29