US Patent Issued to NIKE on Dec. 16 for "Knitted and woven components and articles of footwear containing the same" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,852, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Knitted and woven components and articles of footwear containing the same" was invented by Bhupesh Dua (Portland, Ore.) and Carrie L. Davis (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knitted or woven component including an upper of an article of footwear, the upper including a knitted textile that is knitted together via a plurality of yarn such that the plurality of knitted yarn at least partially forms the knitted component. The article of footwear includes a midsole coupled to the knitted textile of the upper such that the midsole is positioned adjacent to...