ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,953, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC.
"3D printed customized cupsoles" was invented by Hugo Verbeke (Wilsele, Belgium), David Briers (Brussels), Bram Vanroy (Haasrode, Belgium) and Sandra Meynen (Tienen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cupsole for footwear, said cupsole comprising at least a sidewall, a bottom surface and a central portion and wherein said sidewall circumscribes the central portion, said central portion having openings, preferably in the form of at least one honeycomb structure and wherein at least the sidewall and the bottom surface of the cupsole have a solid structure with no...