US Patent Issued to NIKE on July 14 for "Knit textiles and uppers, and processes for making the same" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,204, issued on July 14, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Knit textiles and uppers, and processes for making the same" was invented by Giovanni Adami (Montebelluna TV, Italy), Sam Amis (Portland, Ore.), Sergio Cavaliere (Venice, Italy), Jessica Green (Hillsboro, Ore.), Stephen Hipp (Hillsboro, Ore.), John Hurd (Lake Oswego, Ore.), James Molyneux (Portland, Ore.), Thomas J. Rushbrook (Portland, Ore.), Timothy J. Smith (Portland, 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 include a low processing temperature polymeric composition and a high p...