US Patent Issued to adidas on Nov. 18 for "Article of footwear with upper having stitched polymer thread pattern and methods of making the same" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,680, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Article of footwear with upper having stitched polymer thread pattern and methods of making the same" was invented by Jason Daniel McGinnity (Portland, Ore.), Janette P. Atkins (Portland, Ore.), Elise Marie Hall (Portland, Ore.) and Carl Arnese (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upper for an article of footwear, the upper including a base layer defining a least a portion of the upper and polymer threads stitched to the base layer. The polymer threads may include a core composed of a first material and a coating composed of a second material, ...