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Tory M. Cross — 83 Patents

Nike: 83 patents #58 of 2,652Top 3%
Portland, OR: #168 of 9,213 inventorsTop 2%
Oregon: #317 of 28,073 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #21,013 of 4,157,543Top 1%
83 Patents All Time
Tory M. Cross has been granted 83 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nike. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in September 2025. Tory M. Cross ranks #21,013 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.51%). Patent records list Tory M. Cross in Portland, OR, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 14 patents in 2017.peak 142010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 6 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 5 patents20162017: 14 patents2018: 8 patents20182019: 9 patents2020: 4 patents20202021: 8 patents2022: 5 patents20222023: 8 patents2024: 4 patents20242025: 5 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 83 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12426671 Sole structure of an article of footwear and related methods Yoon Jeong Choi, Christian Alexander Steinbeck, James Zormeir 2025-09-30
12426670 Midsole structure of an article of footwear including mesh Yoon Jeong Choi, Christian Alexander Steinbeck 2025-09-30
12383023 Sole structure of an article of footwear and related methods Yoon Jeong Choi, Christian Alexander Steinbeck, James Zormeir 2025-08-12
12329236 Article of footwear and method of manufacturing an article of footwear Cassidy R. Levy 2025-06-17
12285081 Methods of forming an article of footwear using a gathering system and articles formed by the same Kassio Figur, Guillermo Raffaele 2025-04-29
12121097 Sole system for an article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a one-piece knit outsole and a tensile element Daniel A. Podhajny 2024-10-22 $57,427,000
11937664 Sole structure of an article of footwear and related methods Yoon Jeong Choi, Christian Alexander Steinbeck, James Zormeir 2024-03-26 $114,999,000
11930884 Sole structure of an article of footwear 2024-03-19 $90,218,000
11930882 Midsole structure of an article of footwear including mesh Yoon Jeong Choi, Christian Alexander Steinbeck 2024-03-19 $90,218,000
11758974 Article of footwear with thermoformed siped sole structure John Hurd, Cassidy R. Levy, Matthew D. Nordstrom, James Zormeir 2023-09-19 $41,750,000
11730231 Sole structure of an article of footwear and related methods Yoon Jeong Choi, Christian Alexander Steinbeck, James Zormeir 2023-08-22 $64,102,000
11684119 Article of footwear and method of manufacturing an article of footwear Cassidy R. Levy 2023-06-27 $79,385,000
11668030 Article with at least two securable inlaid strands Daniel A. Podhajny 2023-06-06 $62,453,000
11659894 Sole system for an article of footwear incorporating a knitted component 2023-05-30 $76,231,000
11643760 Knitted component having an auxetic portion and a tensile element Daniel A. Podhajny 2023-05-09 $111,942,000
11589644 Sole system for an article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a one-piece knit outsole and a tensile element Daniel A. Podhajny 2023-02-28 $82,222,000
11540590 Pre-tensioned article and method of making Bryan N. Farris, Elizabeth Langvin 2023-01-03 $118,594,000
11452331 Sole for an article of footwear having regionally varied auxetic structures Bryan N. Farris, Elizabeth Langvin 2022-09-27 $71,481,000
11432616 Method of customizing a sole structure of an article of footwear Kevin W. Hoffer, David P. Jones, Patrick B. Kirschner, Elizabeth Langvin, James C. Meschter 2022-09-06 $94,367,000
11399593 Article of footwear with auxetic sole structure having a filled auxetic aperture Bryan N. Farris, Elizabeth Langvin 2022-08-02 $46,228,000
11358358 Method of manufacturing an article of footwear with a thermoformed siped sole structure John Hurd, Cassidy R. Levy, Matthew D. Nordstrom, James Zormeir 2022-06-14 $124,026,000
11230800 Article with at least two securable inlaid strands Daniel A. Podhajny 2022-01-25 $232,545,000
11129437 Article of footwear with thermoformed siped sole structure John Hurd, Cassidy R. Levy, Matthew D. Nordstrom, James Zormeir 2021-09-28 $94,373,000
11058173 Article of footwear with auxetic sole structure that includes aggregate Bryan N. Farris, Elizabeth Langvin 2021-07-13 $91,764,000
11058175 Intermediate sole structure with siping John Hurd, Cassidy R. Levy, Matthew D. Nordstrom, James Zormeir 2021-07-13 $91,764,000