US Patent Issued to NIKE on Sept. 22 for "Article of footwear including a sole structure" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,618, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to NIKE INC. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear including a sole structure" was invented by Fidencio Campos II (Dallas, Ore.), Roger Paul Murphy (Portland, Ore.), Thomas J. Rushbrook (Portland, Ore.), Jessica Small (Portland, Ore.) and Matthew W. Thornton (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear having a heel region with a posterior end of the article of footwear, a mid-foot region, and a forefoot region with an anterior end of the article of footwear; a lateral side, and a medial side opposite the lateral side; an upper; a sole structure, the sole structure co...