ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,657, issued on March 11, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Sole comprising individually deflectable reinforcing members, shoe with such a sole, and method for the manufacture of such items" was invented by Robbie Paterson (Nuremberg, Germany), Harry Miles (Nuremberg, Germany), Daniel Ruiz (Erlangen, Germany), Fabian Schweizer (Nuremberg, Germany), Sam Forester (Nuremberg, Germany), Falk Bruns (Nuremberg, Germany), Peter Valdivia (Nuremberg, Germany), Jochen Bartl (Langensendelbach, Germany), Tobias Biegel (GroBhabersdorf, Germany), Valentin Perrin (Nuremberg, Germany), Jurgen Weidl (Aurachtal, Germany), Matthias Schmitt (Nuremberg, Germany), Heiko Schlarb (Neu...