US Patent Issued to NIKE on Aug. 5 for "Layered materials, methods of making, methods of use, and articles incorporation the layered materials" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,644, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Layered materials, methods of making, methods of use, and articles incorporation the layered materials" was invented by Jay Constantinou (Beaverton, Ore.), Caleb W. Dyer (Beaverton, Ore.), Jeremy D. Walker (Portland, Ore.) and Zachary C. Wright (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure, in general, provides for a layered material that can be incorporated in to textiles (e.g., footwear, apparel, sporting equipment, or components of each). In an aspect, the layered material includes an externally facing layer and a thermoplastic hot melt adh...