ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,638, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Footwear and footwear components having a mesh component" was invented by Zachary C. Coonrod (Portland, Ore.), Berin Skye B (Portland, Ore.), Keith A. Blume (Portland, Ore.), Derek Andrew Luther (Portland, Ore.), Ladan Salari-Sharif (Portland, Ore.), Iain Martin Hannah (Nuremberg, Germany), Jacques M. Perrault (Portland, Ore.), Christian Manuel Arias Delgado (Portland, Ore.) and Dustin Kendrick (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear may include a sole and an upper connected to the sole. The sole may include a first solid compon...