ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,668, issued on April 22, was assigned to ECCO Sko A/S (Bredebro, Denmark).

"Sole part, a moulding assembly and a manufacturing method for an article of footwear" was invented by Frank Jensen (Bredebro, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein disclose a primary sole part (10) having a foot facing surface (11) and a ground facing surface (12). The primary sole part (10) comprises a plurality of through-going holes (14), wherein the plurality of through-going holes extends in a vertical direction from the foot facing surface (11) to the ground facing surface (12). The foot facing surface (11) is configured to receive an...