US Patent Issued to NIKE on July 15 for "Structurally-colored articles and methods of making and using structurally-colored articles" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,288, issued on July 15, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Structurally-colored articles and methods of making and using structurally-colored articles" was invented by Jennifer Bee (Portland, Ore.), Jeremy Gantz (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Kim Kovel (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Components of articles that include an optical element that imparts structural color to the component are provided. Methods of making the components including the optical element, and methods of using the components such as to make an article of manufacture are provided."

The patent was filed on June 27, 2023, under Application No. 18...