US Patent Issued to NIKE on Jan. 27 for "Fiber-bound engineered materials formed as a synthetic leather" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,943, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Fiber-bound engineered materials formed as a synthetic leather" was invented by Bhupesh Dua (Portland, Ore.), Pamela S. Greene (Portland, Ore.), Bruce J. Kilgore (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Thomas J. Rushbrook (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber bound engineered material is provided that imparts an intended characteristic at an intended relative location. A fiber layer is entangled with additional fibers in a manner to create a non-uniform engineered material. The lack of uniformity of a fiber bound engineered material may be accomplished through man...