US Patent Issued to adidas on May 19 for "Function screen printing on upper" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,911, issued on May 19, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Function screen printing on upper" was invented by Bruno Jean Antonelli (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Nina Ludwig (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Timothy Kelvin Robinson (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Daniel Stephen Price (Herzogenaurach, Germany) and Jan Hill (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are shoes, in particular a sports shoe, wherein at least a portion of an upper of the shoe includes a first layer and a functional second layer, wherein the functional second layer is directly printed onto the first layer."

The patent was filed on J...