ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,730, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Seattle).
"Personalized shoe insoles" was invented by Eric Steven Holan (Seattle), Justin O'Neil Robinson (Lancaster, S.C.), Jennifer L. Stockman (Redmond, Wash.), Asfand Yar Khan (Redmond, Wash.), Tushar Mahale (Seattle) and Jinsup Song (Bala Cynwyd, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for creating personalized insoles designed to provide physical comfort to the individual wearing shoes containing the personalized insoles. A three-dimensional (3D) foot scan is performed on the individual's feet to better understand the contours and ge...