ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,858, issued on Dec. 16.

"Method of producing a custom orthotic insole" was invented by Jason Guadalajara (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a customized shoe insole includes creating a heel cup out of resin; encasing the heel cup in a moldable material; heating the heel cup encased in the moldable material; applying a desired pressure to the heel cup encased in the moldable material to form the heel cup to a desired shape while the moldable material prevents the resin from escaping; and allowing the heel cup encased in the moldable material to cool to create the customized shoe insole; wherein the heel ...