ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,243, issued on March 3, was assigned to ONCEPT LLC (New York).
"Groove system for footwear outsoles" was invented by Manuel Nicole Lucio (New York) and Megan Key Campos (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed toward footwear. The footwear includes an upper and an outsole that has a hindfoot region, a midfoot region, and a forefoot region. In some embodiments, the hindfoot region or the midfoot region has first raised portions that extend along the top side of the outsole in a first pattern. In some embodiments, the first raised portions are configured to provide the hindfoot region or the midfoot region with...