ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,934, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Textiles and articles, and processes for making the same" was invented by Giovanni Adami (Montebelluna TV, Italy), Sam Amis (Portland, Ore.), Sergio Cavaliere (Venice, Italy), Yuchung K. Chen (Portland, Ore.), Jessica Green (Hillsboro, Ore.), Stephen Hipp (Hillsboro, Ore.), John Hurd (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Oliver McLachlan (Beaverton, Ore.), James Molyneux (Portland, Ore.), Thomas J. Rushbrook (Portland, Ore.), Timothy J. Smith (Beaverton, Ore.) and Christianna Wincek (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Articles of wear having one or more textiles that inc...