ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,605, issued on March 18, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Ball, in particular a soccer ball, and method of manufacturing a ball" was invented by Hans-Peter Nurnberg (Gutenstetten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a ball, in particular a soccer ball, comprising: a shell with a plurality of panels on an outside of the shell, wherein the plurality of panels are arranged in such a way that there is a gap between two adjacent panels, and wherein the gap is at least partly filled with a filling material."
The patent was filed on Sept. 2, 2021, under Application No. 17/465,271.
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