US Patent Issued to adidas on Jan. 13 for "Article of footwear with ribbed outsole and notched midsole" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,903, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Article of footwear with ribbed outsole and notched midsole" was invented by Michel Reginald Lussier (Portland, Ore.), Matteo Edmond Padovani (Portland, Ore.), George Alan Robusti (Portland, Ore.), Alexander Mark Brill (Portland, Ore.) and Christopher Nelson Padilla (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole for an article of footwear includes an outsole that has longitudinal ribs and a midsole that is disposed above the outsole and that defines notches. The longitudinal ribs arc disposed in the notches."

The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2024, ...