ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,980, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Footwear having sensor system" was invented by Matthew A. Nurse (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Jeffrey C. Pisciotta (Oregon City, Ore.), Allan M. Schrock (Portland, Ore.), James C. Meschter (Portland, Ore.), Michael S. Amos (Beaverton, Ore.) and Andrew A. Owings (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe has a sensor system operably connected to a communication port. Performance data is collected by the system and can be transferred for further use via the communication port. The shoe may contain an electronic module configured to gather data from the sensors. The...