Patents by Inventor Nathan Zieske

Nathan Zieske has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9238160
    Abstract: A method and golf ball incorporating a surface penetrating color composition comprising a colorant (e.g. dyes, tints, color effects, etc.) in a portion (surface or region) of a golf ball component or coating (substrate). The substrate is formed from a homogenous composition having a color C1 which may comprise any color within the spectrum of visible light, or be clear colorless, and alternatively, may also be opaque, translucent, or clear colored, for example. An outer surface of the substrate is treated with or otherwise exposed to a surface penetrating color composition having a C2 that is different than C1 in some respect such as hue, chroma, saturation and/or opacity. The surface penetrating color composition penetrates the golf ball substrate surface to a target depth and becomes embedded within the surface, thereby forming a surface penetrating color composition-treated component or coating having a treated region and an untreated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Nathan Zieske, Manjari Kuntimaddi, Matthew F. Hogge, Michael J. Sullivan, Mark L. Binette, Brian Comeau
  • Patent number: 9199134
    Abstract: A method and golf ball incorporating a surface penetrating color composition comprising a colorant (e.g. dyes, tints, color effects, etc.) in a portion (surface or region) of a golf ball component or coating (substrate). The substrate is formed from a homogenous composition having a color C1 which may comprise any color within the spectrum of visible light, or be clear colorless, and alternatively, may also be opaque, translucent, or clear colored, for example. An outer surface of the substrate is treated with or otherwise exposed to a surface penetrating color composition having a C2 that is different than C1 in some respect such as hue, chroma, saturation and/or opacity. The surface penetrating color composition penetrates the golf ball substrate surface to a target depth and becomes embedded within the surface, thereby forming a surface penetrating color composition-treated component or coating having a treated region and an untreated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Nathan Zieske, Manjari Kuntimaddi, Matthew F. Hogge, Michael J. Sullivan, Mark L. Binette, Brian Comeau
  • Publication number: 20130323427
    Abstract: A method and golf ball incorporating a surface penetrating color composition comprising a colorant (e.g. dyes, tints, color effects, etc.) in a portion (surface or region) of a golf ball component or coating (substrate). The substrate is formed from a homogenous composition having a color C1 which may comprise any color within the spectrum of visible light, or be clear colorless, and alternatively, may also be opaque, translucent, or clear colored, for example. An outer surface of the substrate is treated with or otherwise exposed to a surface penetrating color composition having a C2 that is different than C1 in some respect such as hue, chroma, saturation and/or opacity. The surface penetrating color composition penetrates the golf ball substrate surface to a target depth and becomes embedded within the surface, thereby forming a surface penetrating color composition-treated component or coating having a treated region and an untreated region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Nathan Zieske, Manjari Kuntimaddi, Matthew F. Hogge, Michael J. Sullivan, Mark L. Binette, Brian Comeau
  • Publication number: 20130316849
    Abstract: A method and golf ball incorporating a surface penetrating color composition comprising a colorant (e.g. dyes, tints, color effects, etc.) in a portion (surface or region) of a golf ball component or coating (substrate). The substrate is formed from a homogenous composition having a color C1 which may comprise any color within the spectrum of visible light, or be clear colorless, and alternatively, may also be opaque, translucent, or clear colored, for example. An outer surface of the substrate is treated with or otherwise exposed to a surface penetrating color composition having a C2 that is different than C1 in some respect such as hue, chroma, saturation and/or opacity. The surface penetrating color composition penetrates the golf ball substrate surface to a target depth and becomes embedded within the surface, thereby forming a surface penetrating color composition-treated component or coating having a treated region and an untreated region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Nathan Zieske, Manjari Kuntimaddi, Matthew F. Hogge, Michael J. Sullivan, Mark L. Binette, Brian Comeau
  • Publication number: 20100048327
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf ball and to a process for forming a golf ball having at least one layer, where the layer is formed of a highly neutralized polymer composition having greater than about 70 percent of the acid groups neutralized by a neutralizing agent including ammonium salts, monoamine salts, inner salts, chelates and their ligands, surfactants, phospholipids, ionic liquids, long-chain organic carbonates, main-chain heteroatom-substituted fatty acids, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: David A. Bulpett, Nathan Zieske, Brian Comeau
  • Patent number: 7160954
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf ball and to a process for forming a golf ball having at least one layer, where the layer is formed of an ionomer composition having greater than about 70 percent of the acid groups neutralized by a neutralizing component including ammonium salts, monoamine salts, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Nathan Zieske, Murali Rajagopalan, David A. Bulpett
  • Publication number: 20050288446
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf ball and to a process for forming a golf ball having at least one layer, where the layer is formed of an ionomer composition having greater than about 70 percent of the acid groups neutralized by a neutralizing component including ammonium salts, monoamine salts, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Nathan Zieske, Murali Rajagopalan, David Bulpett