ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,351, issued on June 17, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Mold insert for use in a mold for the manufacture of a cushioning element for sports apparel" was invented by Helge Weiger (Nuremberg, Germany), Bastian Gothe (Erlangen, Germany), Maximillian Drexler (Wilhermsdorf, Germany), Andreas Seefried (Veitsbronn, Germany), Marc Simon Anthony Norridge (Fuerth, Germany), Jarkko Siltamaeki (Fuerth, Germany), Dan Price (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Tru Le (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Christoph Dyckmans (Nuremberg, Germany) and Victor Romanov (Kreuzwertheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present inve...