US Patent Issued to NIKE on Nov. 11 for "Wearable article with multi-frequency wireless communication" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,245, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Wearable article with multi-frequency wireless communication" was invented by Douglas Moran (Beaverton, Ore.), Holli Pheil (Portland, Ore.), Drew McLain Skeels (Portland, Ore.) and Allison Walters (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable article, system, and methods may include a structure configured to enclose a human body part. A first antenna, positioned with respect to the structure, is tuned to communicate, while the wearable article is being worn, according to a first wireless communication modality with a first external antenna. A second an...