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Kevin W. Hoffer — 109 Patents

Nike: 109 patents #28 of 2,652Top 2%
Portland, OR: #109 of 9,213 inventorsTop 2%
Oregon: #188 of 28,073 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #12,191 of 4,157,543Top 1%
109 Patents All Time
Kevin W. Hoffer has been granted 109 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nike. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in September 2025. Kevin W. Hoffer ranks #12,191 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.29%). Patent records list Kevin W. Hoffer in Portland, OR, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 109 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12426668 Article of footwear Cassidy R. Levy, Brian Linkfield 2025-09-30
12239183 Article of footwear Cassidy R. Levy, Brian Linkfield 2025-03-04
12171307 Lacing system Katelyn Ricciardi, Piero Fenato, Daniel A. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Kilgore, Peter Ar-Fu Lam +1 more 2024-12-24 $96,316,000
12137768 Particulate foam stacked casings Cassidy R. Levy, Nicholas R. Long 2024-11-12 $120,734,000
12082644 Particulate foam with partial restriction Scott C. Holt, Jeffrey L. Johnson, Cassidy R. Levy, Nicholas R. Long, Matthew C. Palmer 2024-09-10 $86,679,000
12053047 Particulate foam with other cushioning Cassidy R. Levy, Nicholas R. Long, Aaron K. Seid 2024-08-06 $51,580,000
11972852 Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods Raymond W. Riley, William E. Berner, Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz 2024-04-30 $63,091,000
11955219 Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods Raymond W. Riley, William E. Berner, Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz 2024-04-09 $139,991,000
11682479 Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods Raymond W. Riley, William E. Berner, Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz 2023-06-20 $66,355,000
11676697 Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods Raymond W. Riley, William E. Berner, Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz 2023-06-13 $58,526,000
11676695 Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods Raymond W. Riley, William E. Berner, Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz 2023-06-13 $58,526,000
11676696 Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods Raymond W. Riley, William E. Berner, Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz 2023-06-13 $58,526,000
11676699 Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods Raymond W. Riley, William E. Berner, Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz 2023-06-13 $58,526,000
11676698 Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods Raymond W. Riley, William E. Berner, Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz 2023-06-13 $58,526,000
11622600 Article of footwear Cassidy R. Levy, Brian Linkfield 2023-04-11 $260,662,000
11607009 Article of footwear Cassidy R. Levy, Brian Linkfield 2023-03-21 $121,001,000
11540593 Sole system having movable protruding members James C. Meschter, Tetsuya T. Minami 2023-01-03 $118,594,000
11503877 Article of footwear and sole structure with a central forefoot ridge element James C. Meschter 2022-11-22 $209,489,000
11490681 Particulate foam with other cushioning Cassidy R. Levy, Nicholas R. Long, Aaron K. Seid 2022-11-08 $35,222,000
11432616 Method of customizing a sole structure of an article of footwear Tory M. Cross, David P. Jones, Patrick B. Kirschner, Elizabeth Langvin, James C. Meschter 2022-09-06 $94,367,000
11324281 Particulate foam stacked casings Cassidy R. Levy, Nicholas R. Long 2022-05-10 $84,078,000
11317675 Particulate foam with flexible casing Scott C. Holt, Jeffrey L. Johnson, Cassidy R. Levy, Nicholas R. Long, Matthew C. Palmer 2022-05-03 $62,090,000
11304475 Particulate foam with partial restriction Scott C. Holt, Jeffrey L. Johnson, Cassidy R. Levy, Nicholas R. Long, Matthew C. Palmer 2022-04-19 $179,081,000
11297901 Shoe with composite upper and method of making the same Benjamin A. Shaffer, Tony H. Le, YunMi Kang 2022-04-12 $90,441,000
11259599 Lacing system Katelyn Bruce, Piero Fenato, Daniel A. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Kilgore, Peter Ar-Fu Lam +1 more 2022-03-01 $100,281,000