US Patent Issued to New Balance Athletics on May 20 for "Customized footwear, and systems and methods for designing and manufacturing same" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,984, issued on May 20, was assigned to New Balance Athletics Inc. (Boston).

"Customized footwear, and systems and methods for designing and manufacturing same" was invented by Christopher Wawrousek (Somerville, Mass.), Daniel P. Dempsey (North Andover, Mass.), Jean-Francois Fullum (North Reading, Mass.), Sean B. Murphy (North Andover, Mass.), Pedro Rodrigues (Amesbury, Mass.) and Trampas Tenbroek (North Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to devices and methods for designing and manufacturing customized footwear, and components thereof. An example method includes a method of designing at least a portio...