Shoe midsole Patent Grant Chang February 14, 2 [NIKE, Inc.]

Shoe midsole

Chang February 14, 2

Patent Grant D778552

U.S. patent number D778,552 [Application Number D/550,004] was granted by the patent office on 2017-02-14 for shoe midsole. This patent grant is currently assigned to NIKE, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is NIKE, Inc.. Invention is credited to Leo S. Chang.

United States Patent	D778,552
Chang	February 14, 2017

Shoe midsole

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a shoe midsole, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Chang; Leo S. (Portland, OR)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
NIKE, Inc.	Beaverton	OR	US

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)

Appl. No.:

D/550,004

Filed:

December 29, 2015

Current U.S. Class:	D2/947
Current International Class:	0204
Field of Search:	;D2/902,906,908,916,918,925,946-962,977 ;36/1,1.5,3B,22R,24.5,25R,28,32R,34R,59C,67A,101-107,114-116,117.3,117.4,124-136

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Primary Examiner: Nelson; T. Chase
Assistant Examiner: Han; Jonathan J
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a shoe midsole showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a side view thereof; and,

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view thereof.

The broken lines immediately adjacent to the shaded area represent unclaimed boundaries of the design. The oblique line shading on the upper regions represents transparency or translucency. The broken lines showing the remainder of the shoe are for environmental purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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