ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,762, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to POU CHEN Corp. (Chang Hwa Hsien, Taiwan).

"Midsole and shoe including the same" was invented by Chia-Hua Liu (Chang Hwa Hsien, Taiwan), Jou-Chun Liao (Chang Hwa Hsien, Taiwan) and Kai-Han Liang (Chang Hwa Hsien, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A midsole includes a midsole body and a resilient plate disposed in the midsole body in a manner that the resilient plate extends along a longitudinal direction. The resilient plate includes a plurality of resilient tubular elements that are integrally connected to each other along the longitudinal direction. Each of the resilient tubular elements e...