ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,271, issued on May 5, was assigned to Universal Trim Supply Co. Ltd. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Climate control system for a shoe and related shoe sole" was invented by Shih-Sheng Yang (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chih-Hung Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A climate control system for a shoe is provided and includes a pumping assembly, a discharge-end assembly and a suction-end assembly. The pumping assembly is formed in a one-piece structure and includes a first layer structure, a second layer structure and a plurality of supporting structures located inside a chamber formed between the first layer structure ...