ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,337, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Knitted garments having colored regions and textured elements and methods of forming the same" was invented by Dora Szilagyi (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of knitting an article of apparel includes knitting a first region using a first yarn of a first color and knitting a second region using a second yarn of a second color that differs from the first color. Knitting the first region and knitting the second region forms at least a portion of a color layout of the article of apparel. The method further includes knitting a textured el...