ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,134, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Article of footwear" was invented by Markus Bock (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Yihyun Lim (Somerville, Mass.), Hunmin Koh (Seoul, South Korea), Yasaman Tahouni (Horgenzell, Germany), Will Walker (Oakland, Calif.) and Federico Casalegno (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear comprising an upper defining a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region of the article of footwear, and a sole structure coupled with the upper. The sole structure includes a midsole and an outsole coupled with a bottom surface of the midsole. A void ...