	US 11,865,396 B2
	Golf ball and method of making same
Michael J. Sullivan, Old Lyme, CT (US); Matthew F. Hogge, Plymouth, MA (US); Derek A. Ladd, Acushnet, MA (US); Brian Comeau, Berkley, MA (US); and Robert Blink, Newport, RI (US)
Assigned to Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed by Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/540,492.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173345 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 37/06 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01)

CPC A63B 37/00221 (2020.08) [A63B 37/0024 (2013.01); A63B 37/00223 (2020.08); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10); A63B 2225/76 (2020.08)]

19 Claims

1. A golf ball comprising a layer formed from a fluorescent composition comprising:

a base polymer; and

a colorant;

wherein the colorant is a small-molecule ionic isolation lattice formed from one or more fluorescent dyes and one or more cyanostar macrocycles.