ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,695, issued on July 7, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Moveable sensory elements in footwear soles" was invented by Samuel Bartys (London), Rikke Bonde (Portland, Ore.), Marcos Bonfiglioli (Portland, Ore.), Bilan DeDonato (Portland, Ore.), Sarah Linville (Portland, Ore.), Sean Lu (Beaverton, Ore.), Shamees Mohamed (Portland, Ore.), Will Moroski (Portland, Ore.), Andrew Nakajima (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Daniel Song (Portland, Ore.), Sara Sutton (Portland, Ore.) and Chance Tagg (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole system for an article of footwear can include a sole member and a protruding member assembly. The so...