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Eric P. Avar — 239 Patents

Nike: 243 patents #6 of 2,652Top 1%
Lake Oswego, OR: #1 of 769 inventorsTop 1%
Oregon: #42 of 28,073 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #2,247 of 4,157,543Top 1%
239 Patents All Time
Eric P. Avar has been granted 239 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nike. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in November 2025. Eric P. Avar ranks #2,247 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.05%). Patent records list Eric P. Avar in Lake Oswego, OR, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 239 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12471678 Autolacing footwear having a sliding securing device Summer L. Schneider 2025-11-18
D1101372 Shoe Tobie D. Hatfield, Andrew Zubko 2025-11-11
D1098686 Shoe Tobie D. Hatfield, Andrew Zubko 2025-10-21
D1094984 Shoe Tobie D. Hatfield, Andrew Zubko 2025-09-30
D1094991 Shoe Tobie D. Hatfield, Andrew Zubko 2025-09-30
D1091092 Shoe Tobie D. Hatfield, Andrew Zubko 2025-09-02
12376653 Lacing engine support structures for automated footwear platform Narissa Chang, Fanny Yung Ho 2025-08-05
12329244 Deformable lace guides for automated footwear platform Summer L. Schneider, Narissa Chang, Daniel A. Johnson, Peter R. Savage, Travis J. Berrian +3 more 2025-06-17
12256806 Lacing architecture for automated footwear platform Fanny Yung Ho, Daniel A. Johnson, Peter R. Savage, Summer L. Schneider 2025-03-25
12225971 Article with sole structure having multiple components Nadia M. Panian, Jeffrey C. Spanks 2025-02-18
12161197 Lacing architecture for automated footwear platform Summer L. Schneider, Narissa Chang, Daniel A. Johnson, Peter R. Savage, Travis J. Berrian +3 more 2024-12-10 $93,330,000
12022915 Automated footwear platform having lace cable tensioner Summer L. Schneider, Narissa Chang, Thomas G. Bell, Christopher Andon 2024-07-02 $110,533,000
12004600 Automated footwear platform having upper elastic tensioner Summer L. Schneider, Narissa Chang, Thomas G. Bell, Christopher Andon 2024-06-11 $47,102,000
11896081 Article with sole structure having multiple components Nadia M. Panian, Jeffrey C. Spanks 2024-02-13 $61,620,000
11882904 Autolacing footwear having a sliding securing device Summer L. Schneider 2024-01-30 $47,433,000
11793276 Lacing engine support structures for automated footwear platform Narissa Chang, Fanny Yung Ho 2023-10-24 $64,203,000
11647812 Article of footwear with upper having member with support arm Bryan N. Farris, Tobie D. Hatfield 2023-05-16 $289,390,000
11571043 Lacing architecture for automated footwear platform Fanny Yung Ho, Daniel A. Johnson, Peter R. Savage, Summer L. Schneider 2023-02-07 $99,864,000
11553760 Closure strap for footwear upper with looped grab handle Tobie D. Hatfield, Ross Klein, Jeffrey C. Spanks 2023-01-17 $96,623,000
11457696 Lacing engine support structures for automated footwear platform Narissa Chang, Fanny Yung Ho 2022-10-04 $117,488,000
11452339 Deformable lace guides for automated footwear platform Summer L. Schneider, Narissa Chang, Daniel A. Johnson, Peter R. Savage, Travis J. Berrian +3 more 2022-09-27 $71,481,000
11388955 Lacing architecture for automated footwear platform Summer L. Schneider, Narissa Chang, Daniel A. Johnson, Peter R. Savage, Travis J. Berrian +3 more 2022-07-19 $109,080,000
11213095 Article with sole structure having multiple components Nadia M. Panian, Jeffrey C. Spanks 2022-01-04 $114,477,000
11089840 Article of footwear having a polygon lug sole pattern Kevin W. Hoffer, Tobie D. Hatfield 2021-08-17 $103,451,000
11083248 Automated footwear platform having upper elastic tensioner Summer L. Schneider, Narissa Chang, Thomas G. Bell, Christopher Andon 2021-08-10 $171,933,000