ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,758, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ON CLOUDS GMBH (Zurich).

"Sole comprising a curved elastic plate" was invented by Renaud Despots Allaire (Zurich, Switzerland), Johannes Voelchert (Zurich, Switzerland), Rebecca Alonzo (Zurich, Switzerland), Elias Miguel Ortiz (Zurich, Switzerland), Kevin Dellion (Zurich, Switzerland), Benoit Abel (Zurich, Switzerland) and Nils Arne Altrogge (Zurich, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole for a running shoe comprising a sole tip, a heel edge and a midsole having a base surface delimiting the midsole against the vertical direction (V) and a top surface delimiting the midsole in the ve...