US Patent Issued to PUMA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Sept. 30 for "Sole structure of a shoe" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,675, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Sole structure of a shoe" was invented by Matthias Hartmann (Forchheim, Germany), Reinhold Sussmann (Scheinfeld, Germany), Federico Casalegno (San Francisco), Hunmin Koh (Somerville, Mass.), Yihyun Lim (Somerville, Mass.), Yasaman Tahouni (Cambridge, Mass.) and Will Walker (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure. The sole structure has a longitudinal extension in a longitudinal direction and a vertical extension in a vertical di...