{"id":"tp-4491","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Nike secures patent for blockchain-enabled “CryptoKicks”","author":"Shampa Mani","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/4491","datePublished":"2019-12-11T10:52:28.000Z","dateModified":"2019-12-11T10:52:28.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Leading sportswear brand Nike has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for using blockchain technology to assign unique digital ID to shoes.","section":"Technology","references":[{"title":"filed the application","url":"https://tokenpost.com/Nike-makes-inroads-into-blockchain-and-crypto-space-with-CryptoKicks-1743"},{"title":"patent","url":"http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=cryptokicks&OS=cryptokicks&RS=cryptokicks"},{"title":"The Next Web","url":"https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/12/10/nike-blockchain-sneakers-cryptokick-patent/"},{"title":"Donate","url":"http://imtranslator.net/extensions/?tp=chr-ImTranslator&a=0"},{"title":"TokenPost","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com"}]}