US Patent Issued to PUMA on Oct. 20 for "Article of footwear having a frame and method of manufacturing a midsole member of an article of footwear" (German, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,636, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Article of footwear having a frame and method of manufacturing a midsole member of an article of footwear" was invented by Carly McKenzie (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Sidney Fauconnier (Nuremberg, Germany), Romain Girard (Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany), Patrick Donovan (Fuerth, Germany), Heiko Frank Desens (Berlin) and Daniel Simon Taylor (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure attached to the upper. The sole structure includes a frame attached to the upper with frame exterior and interior surfaces defi...