Shoe midsole Patent Grant Avar , et al. July 3, 2 [NIKE, Inc.]

Shoe midsole

Avar , et al. July 3, 2

Patent Grant D821712

U.S. patent number D821,712 [Application Number D/623,025] was granted by the patent office on 2018-07-03 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 Eric P. Avar, Ross Klein, Bryant Klug, Timothy K. Liles.

United States Patent	D821,712
Avar , et al.	July 3, 2018

Shoe midsole

Claims

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

Inventors:

Avar; Eric P. (Lake Oswego, OR), Klein; Ross (Portland, OR), Klug; Bryant (Beaverton, OR), Liles; Timothy K. (Portland, OR)

Applicant:

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

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)

Appl. No.:

D/623,025

Filed:

October 20, 2017

Current U.S. Class:	D2/947; D2/953
Current International Class:	0204
Field of Search:	;D2/902,906,908,916,918,925,946-962,977 ;D12/544 ;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 define the bounds of the claimed design and form no part thereof. The broken lines showing the remainder of the shoe represent unclaimed subject matter and form no part of the claimed design.

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