ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,675, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Coated shoe upper" was invented by Jorma Sebastian Seabourne (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Martin Love (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Sabine Klett (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Didick Suarto (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Nk Park (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Iwan Djung (Herzogenaurach, Germany) and Lasman Mahulae (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a shoe upper, including (a) a first sheet, (b) a second sheet, (c) a connecting region in which the first sheet is connected to the second sheet, and (d) a first coating. The fi...