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Thomas G. Bell — 99 Patents

Nike: 95 patents #40 of 2,652Top 2%
Portland, OR: #121 of 9,213 inventorsTop 2%
Oregon: #221 of 28,073 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #14,805 of 4,157,543Top 1%
99 Patents All Time
Thomas G. Bell has been granted 99 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nike. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in September 2025. Thomas G. Bell ranks #14,805 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.36%). Patent records list Thomas G. Bell in Portland, OR, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 99 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12419391 Ground-engaging structures for articles of footwear Michael S. Amos, Lysandre Follet, Thomas Foxen, John Hurd, Shane S. Kohatsu +4 more 2025-09-23
12180621 Woven inflatable devices and method of making the same Natalie A. Candrian 2024-12-31
12123114 Woven footwear upper Robert M. Bruce, Yuchung K. Chen, Yoon Jeong Choi, Adam R. Farmer, Megan Foley +2 more 2024-10-22 $57,427,000
12035781 Article of footwear having an upper with separately securing medial and lateral side portions Paul J. Francis, Claudio Innocente 2024-07-16 $114,782,000
12022915 Automated footwear platform having lace cable tensioner Summer L. Schneider, Narissa Chang, Eric P. Avar, Christopher Andon 2024-07-02 $110,533,000
12004600 Automated footwear platform having upper elastic tensioner Summer L. Schneider, Narissa Chang, Eric P. Avar, Christopher Andon 2024-06-11 $47,102,000
11957208 Sole structures having multiple hardnesses and/or flex promoting structures Tinker L. Hatfield, Rory S. Blanche, Risha Dupre, Christopher Mellick, Kaigin Olafson +3 more 2024-04-16 $83,654,000
11839264 Upper for an article of footwear Tobie D. Hatfield, Elizabeth A. Kilgore, Andrew A. Owings, Brandon J. Wilen 2023-12-12 $99,748,000
11712088 Knitted member for an article of footwear Scott C. Holt, Thomas J. Rushbrook, Sam Amis 2023-08-01 $280,713,000
11707114 Footwear fastening system Jeffrey C. Spanks 2023-07-25 $82,482,000
D981093 Shoe Rory S. Blanche, Tinker L. Hatfield, Kaigin Olafson 2023-03-21
D981092 Shoe Rory S. Blanche, Tinker L. Hatfield, Kaigin Olafson 2023-03-21
11571041 Footwear uppers and other textile components including reinforced and abutting edge joint seams 2023-02-07 $99,864,000
11553758 Sole structures having multiple hardnesses and/or flex promoting structures Tinker L. Hatfield, Rory S. Blanche, Risha Dupre, Christopher Mellick, Kaigin Olafson +3 more 2023-01-17 $96,623,000
11533968 Ground-engaging structures for articles of footwear Michael S. Amos, Lysandre Follet, Thomas Foxen, John Hurd, Shane S. Kohatsu +4 more 2022-12-27 $166,935,000
11523660 Footwear fastening system Jeffrey C. Spanks 2022-12-13 $97,350,000
11478044 Article of footwear having an upper with separately securing medial and lateral side portions Paul J. Francis, Claudio Innocente 2022-10-25 $140,651,000
11412812 Articles of footwear with asymmetrical segmented plates Leslie Barnes, Dustin A. Hatfield, John Hurd, Troy C. Lindner, Geng Luo +2 more 2022-08-16 $103,034,000
D955721 Shoe Rory S. Blanche, Tinker L. Hatfield, Kaigin Olafson 2022-06-28
D953722 Shoe Rory S. Blanche, Tinker L. Hatfield, Kaigin Olafson 2022-06-07
D949545 Shoe Tinker L. Hatfield 2022-04-26
D949541 Shoe Tinker L. Hatfield 2022-04-26
11206897 Ground-engaging structures for articles of footwear Lysandre Follet, John Hurd, Troy C. Linder, Geng Luo, Adam Thuss 2021-12-28 $141,980,000
D937557 Shoe Mark Goodwin Parker, Tinker L. Hatfield, Randall S. Wolfe 2021-12-07
11129436 Golf shoe with natural motion structures Tobie D. Hatfield, Chip Jones, Brooke P. Rapf, Ricardo Castano Salinas 2021-09-28 $94,373,000