US Patent Issued to NIKE on March 24 for "Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component" (Oregon, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,191, issued on March 24, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component" was invented by Denis Dekovic (Portland, Ore.), John Droege (Portland, Ore.), Windra Fahmi (Beaverton, Ore.), Jeongwoo Lee (Portland, Ore.), Daniel A. Podhajny (San Jose, Calif.), Karl Seamarks (Portland, Ore.) and Doug D. Wilken (Hillsboro, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear with an upper having a knitted component in an instep region extending between a lateral side and a medial side. First lace apertures and second lace apertures are disposed along the instep area on the medial and ...