US Patent Issued to ASICS on June 3 for "Shoe" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,953, issued on June 3, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Shoe" was invented by Sho Takamasu (Hyogo, Japan), Kei Kanematsu (Hyogo, Japan), Shigeyuki Mitsui (Hyogo, Japan), Keita Ozawa (Hyogo, Japan), Genki Hatano (Hyogo, Japan) and Seigo Nakaya (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe includes a midsole and an upper joined to the midsole. A joint position between the midsole and a base end part of the upper is located inside in a width direction with respect to an outer circumferential edge of a top surface of the midsole. The shoe in another aspect includes the midsole, a first upper joined to the midsole, and a ...