US Patent Issued to NIKE on Sept. 23 for "Article of footwear with color change portion and method of changing color" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,379, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear with color change portion and method of changing color" was invented by Sharna M. Donovan (Hillsboro, Ore.), Sean D. Hartford (Hillsboro, Ore.), Vikram Malhotra (Portland, Ore.), Michelle L. Mishler (Tigard, Ore.), James Molyneux (Portland, Ore.), Andrew A. Owings (Portland, Ore.), Aaron B. Weast (Portland, Ore.) and Bradley W. Wilkins (Aloha, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article with a color change portion and a method of changing color. The article includes at least one color change portion capable of changing colors. The color cha...