ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,672, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. (Vancouver, Canada).
"Segmented sole for footwear" was invented by Mark Arthur Oleson (Portland, Ore.), Michael Andrew Notrica (Portland, Ore.), Christopher Ka-Yin Lam (Portland, Ore.), Donald Taylor Johnston (Portland, Ore.), Peter Rueegger (Portland, Ore.), Simon Markus Luthi (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Michael Steszyn (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A segmented sole for an article of footwear comprises a forefoot region, a heel region, and a segmentation zone disposed between the forefoot and heel region. The segmentation zone includes a plurality...