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John Droege — 34 Patents

Nike: 34 patents #221 of 2,652Top 9%
Portland, OR: #543 of 9,213 inventorsTop 6%
Oregon: #1,136 of 28,073 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #100,737 of 4,157,543Top 3%
34 Patents All Time
John Droege has been granted 34 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nike. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in August 2025. John Droege ranks #100,737 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.4%). Patent records list John Droege in Portland, OR, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2011 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2023.peak 52011: 1 patents20112012: 3 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 3 patents2015: 4 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 3 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 5 patents20232024: 2 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12383018 Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component Denis Dekovic, Windra Fahmi, Jeongwoo Lee, Daniel A. Podhajny, Karl Seamarks +1 more 2025-08-12
12108829 Sole structure for an article of footwear with undulating sole plate Clayton Chambers 2024-10-08 $128,515,000
11877618 Footwear sole plate with forefoot through hole Clayton Chambers 2024-01-23 $58,413,000
11717050 Sole structure for an article of footwear with undulating sole plate Clayton Chambers 2023-08-08 $83,154,000
11707105 Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with an integral knit ankle cuff Denis Dekovic, Windra Fahmi, Jeongwoo Lee, Daniel A. Podhajny, Karl Seamarks +1 more 2023-07-25 $82,482,000
11653714 Footwear sole plate with non-parallel waves of varying thickness Clayton Chambers 2023-05-23 $103,549,000
11589640 Article of footwear for soccer Paul Hooper, Tetsuya T. Minami, Morgan Stauffer 2023-02-28 $82,222,000
11559104 Footwear sole plate with forefoot through hole Clayton Chambers 2023-01-24 $86,798,000
11246374 Sole structure for an article of footwear with undulating sole plate Clayton Chambers 2022-02-15 $138,796,000
11089834 Footwear sole plate with non-parallel waves of varying thickness Clayton Chambers 2021-08-17 $103,451,000
11006695 Footwear sole plate with forefoot through hole Clayton Chambers 2021-05-18 $117,265,000
10918155 Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with an integral knit ankle cuff Denis Dekovic, Windra Fahmi, Jeongwoo Lee, Daniel A. Podhajny, Karl Seamarks +1 more 2021-02-16 $80,468,000
10631591 Sole structure for an article of footwear with undulating sole plate Clayton Chambers 2020-04-28 $124,845,000
10512296 Article of footwear incorporating a trimmed knitted upper Daniel A. Podhajny 2019-12-24 $59,790,000
10405611 Article of footwear with a lateral offset heel stud Collin K. Eder, Doug D. Wilken 2019-09-10 $42,747,000
10092058 Method of forming an article of footwear incorporating a knitted upper with tensile strand Daniel A. Podhajny 2018-10-09 $70,165,000
10016020 Article of footwear with forefoot secondary studs Doug D. Wilken, Collin K. Eder 2018-07-10 $100,170,000
9924757 Article of footwear incorporating a trimmed knitted upper Daniel A. Podhajny 2018-03-27 $49,048,000
9918514 Article of footwear for soccer Paul Hooper, Tetsuya T. Minami, Morgan Stauffer 2018-03-20 $45,495,000
9820529 Asymmetric torsion plate and composite sole structure for article of footwear Jeongwoo Lee 2017-11-21 $78,053,000
9392835 Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with an integral knit ankle cuff Denis Dekovic, Windra Fahmi, Jeongwoo Lee, Daniel A. Podhajny, Karl Seamarks +1 more 2016-07-19 $42,748,000
9339076 Article of footwear incorporating a trimmed knitted upper Daniel A. Podhajny 2016-05-17 $56,034,000
9107478 Article of footwear having a tapered throat and transitional lacing Denis Dekovic, Collin K. Eder, Doug D. Wilken 2015-08-18 $32,630,000
9101178 Article of footwear with a lateral offset heel stud Collin K. Eder, Doug D. Wilken 2015-08-11 $31,101,000
9072333 Article of footwear with forefoot secondary studs Collin K. Eder, Doug D. Wilken 2015-07-07 $39,109,000