Shoe midsole Patent Grant Chang April 18, 2 [NIKE, Inc.]

Shoe midsole

Chang April 18, 2

Patent Grant D783959

U.S. patent number D783,959 [Application Number D/556,503] was granted by the patent office on 2017-04-18 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	D783,959
Chang	April 18, 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/556,503

Filed:

March 1, 2016

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 stipple shading on the lower portion of the design represents an opaque appearance of the claimed design. The line shading on the upper portion of the design reflects a translucent appearance of the claimed design. 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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