US Patent Issued to PUMA on Feb. 17 for "Article of footwear having a sole structure" (German, American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,971, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Article of footwear having a sole structure" was invented by Laura Healey (Boston), Maximilian Gruettner (Nuremberg, Germany), Mauro Bonin (Nuremberg, Germany), Romain Girard (Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany) and Jesus Marini Parissi (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear having a sole structure and an upper, the sole structure comprising a widest section, a narrowest section, a toe end, a heel end, a lateral side, a medial side, a top midsole directly coupled to the upper, a sole plate directly coupled to the top midsole, a front midsole d...