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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
William E. Berner, Jr., Portland, OR (US);
Albert Shum, Portland, OR (US);
Charles W. Case, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Allan M. Schrock, Portland, OR (US);
James A. Niegowski, Portland, OR (US);
William F. Rauchholz, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A43B 13/00 (2006.01); G01C 22/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6807 (2013.01); A43B 3/0005 (2013.01); A43B 3/0031 (2013.01); A43B 13/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/1112 (2013.01); G01C 22/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Articles of footwear and other devices include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the footwear or other devices. Such devices may include an authentication or activation system for providing power or otherwise determining the connection of a sensor in the article of footwear.