ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,092, issued on March 3, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Systems and techniques for computer-enabled geo-targeted product reservation for secure and authenticated online reservations" was invented by Gordon Gibson Lanpher (Portland, Ore.), Roger Brandon Beaty (Portland, Ore.), Jonathan Matthew Shaw (Portland, Ore.), Katharine Reinhold (Portland, Ore.), Ryan Robert O. Malia (Portland, Ore.), Megan Murphy Millard (Portland, Ore.), Simon Atkins (Portland, Ore.) and Todd Ames (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods disclosed herein provide a geo-targeted online reservation system that ensur...