ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,365, issued on July 21, was assigned to Tasci S.R.L. (Rovereto, Italy).

"Insert or midsole for a footwear" was invented by Roberto Giordani (Zane VI, Italy) and Giorgio Franco (Zane VI, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Footwear comprising a sole (12) and a midsole (10), which is placed in contact with the foot (15) of a user and which has a structure (14) made of elastomer. The midsole (10) has a series of zones or regions (11A, 11B, 11C) in correspondence with which a lower profile of the midsole (10) placed in contact with said sole (12) is emptied in correspondence with a series of spaces (13) of predetermined height made be...