ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING AN EMBROIDERED ELEMENT, AND RELATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - Patent 3641580

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EP 3 641 580 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	29.04.2020 Bulletin 2020/18

(21)	Application number: 17734596.4

(22)	Date of filing: 20.06.2017

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A43B 1/04^(2006.01)

A43B 23/02^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2017/038263

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2018/236346 (27.12.2018 Gazette 2018/52)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	MA MD

(71)	Applicant: New Balance Athletics, Inc.
	Boston, MA 02135 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GOTHIE, Bryan, Decker Sudbury, MA 01776 (US) WHITEMAN, John, Robert Belmont, MA 02478 (US) ROBINSON, Timothy, Kelvin Arlington MA 02474 (US) WHITE, Michael, Nelson Lawrence, MA 01840 (US)

(74)	Representative: Clark, Jane Anne et al
	Mathys & Squire LLP The Shard 32 London Bridge Street London SE1 9SG London SE1 9SG (GB)

(54)	ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING AN EMBROIDERED ELEMENT, AND RELATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE