US Patent Issued to adidas on Oct. 20 for "Sole for a running shoe" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,632, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Sole for a running shoe" was invented by Melanie Astudillo (Nuremberg, Germany), Ulisse Tanzini (Nuremberg, Germany), Thomas Pitts (Fuerth, Germany), Pauline Streissel (Nuremberg, Germany), Erin Bendig (Nuremberg, Germany) and John Thomas Newcomb (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a sole for a shoe, in particular for a sports shoe such as a running shoe, comprising (a) a midsole, and (b) at least one ground-contacting support element comprising a foam material and being distinct from the midsole, (c) wherein ...