ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,986, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Customized article type" was invented by David J. Dirsa (North Andover, Mass.), Clifford B. Gerber (Hillsboro, Ore.), Petre Gheorghian (Portland, Ore.) and E. Scott Morris (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method may include the steps of selecting a family of article types, selecting a customized article type, manufacturing an article of footwear with the customized article type and shipping the article of footwear to a pre-designated shipping address. The customized article type can be confi...