US Patent Issued to NIKE on Oct. 6 for "Article of footwear including a sole structure" (Oregon, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,521, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to NIKE INC. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear including a sole structure" was invented by Merrily J. Antony (Portland, Ore.), Travis J. Berrian (Portland, Ore.), Wesley K. Chan (Portland, Ore.), Bryan P. Conrad (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Zachary M. Elder (Portland, Ore.), Wade Flanagan (Portland, Ore.), Paul Hooper (Vancouver, Wash.), Samuel S. Kass (Portland, Ore.), Benjamin J. Monfils (Portland, Ore.), Nikita A Troufanov (Portland, Ore.) and Jeremy W. Webber (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole structure for an article of footwear with a cushioning element extending from a poster...