ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,480, issued on May 12, was assigned to Soo Bok Song (Busan, South Korea).

"Shoe upper including three-dimensional pattern" was invented by Soo Bok Song (Busan, South Korea), Won Seok Song (Busan, South Korea), Kapsoo Hwang (Busan, South Korea) and Sinje Park (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a shoe upper woven using a warp yarn and a weft yarn, having the weft yarn formed so that a first weft yarn which is a high-stretch yarn and the second weft which is a regular yarn overlap each other, and including a three-dimensional pattern region in which the first weft yarn is disposed on a rear...