ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,018, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component" was invented by Denis Dekovic (Portland, Ore.), John Droege (Portland, Ore.), Windra Fahmi (Beaverton, Ore.), Jeongwoo Lee (Portland, Ore.), Daniel A. Podhajny (San Jose, Calif.), Karl Seamarks (Portland, Ore.) and Doug D. Wilken (Hillsboro, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear with an upper having a knitted component in an instep region extending between lateral and medial sides. Outer lace apertures and inner lace apertures are disposed along the instep area on the lateral and medial sid...