ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,208, issued on April 8, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Methods of manufacturing articles utilizing foam particles" was invented by Jay Constantinou (Beaverton, Ore.), Harleigh Doremus (Portland, Ore.), Luis Folgar (Beaverton, Ore.), Brandon Kvamme (Beaverton, Ore.), Denis Schiller (Vancouver, Wash.) and Krissy Yetman (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for manufacturing articles of footwear are provided. In various aspects, the methods comprise utilizing additive manufacturing methods with foam particles. In some aspects, the additive manufacturing methods comprise increasing the temperature of a plu...