US Patent Issued to ASICS on June 16 for "Shoe sole member and shoe" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,269, issued on June 16, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).

"Shoe sole member and shoe" was invented by Toshiaki Nishi (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a shoe sole member which is formed such that at least part of the outer surface thereof serves as a ground-contacting surface and which includes an elastomer substrate and a plurality of particles distributed throughout the elastomer substrate, wherein the material of the plurality of particles is at least one material selected from the group consisting of silicone, polyurethane, polystyrene, polyolefin, and polyvinyl acetate."

The patent was filed on Ap...