ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,455, issued on May 13, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).

"Shoe" was invented by Genki Hatano (Kobe, Japan), Norihiko Taniguchi (Kobe, Japan), Shinsaku Wakasugi (Kobe, Japan), Yousuke Atarashi (Kobe, Japan), Shingo Takashima (Kobe, Japan), Yuya Kozuka (Kobe, Japan), Satoru Abe (Kobe, Japan) and Masanori Sakaguchi (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe comprises a flexible shell having an internal space and a sole body accommodated in the shell. The shell includes a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion. The bottom wall portion and a portion of the peripheral wall portion adjacent to the bottom wall por...