US Patent Issued to adidas on Feb. 17 for "Modular footwear and methods of making the same" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,975, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Modular footwear and methods of making the same" was invented by John Hoeck III (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Stephen P. Dobson (Portland, Ore.), Christian Manuel Arias Delgado (Portland, Ore.), Niccolo Dambrosio (Portland, Ore.) and Theodore James Cotton (Milwaukie, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Articles of footwear comprising modular parts. The modular parts can comprise a first part having a first surface and a second part having a second surface opposing the first surface. A first connector couples the first part to the second part and is integrally formed...