US Patent Issued to NIKE on Sept. 1 for "Knitted components and articles for improved ball control and durability" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,397, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Knitted components and articles for improved ball control and durability" was invented by Nicola Danby (London), Mohamed Mohamed (Beaverton, Ore.), Arthur Parker Molinari (Portland, Ore.), Brian G. Prevo (Portland, Ore.), Batiste Remy (Portland, Ore.), Wil Sixour (Tigard, Ore.) and Alan Wight (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knitted component with a surface that includes first areas and second areas having different relative coefficient of frictions and formed in an alternating pattern. The first areas of the first surface are 40% to 80% of the tot...