Patents by Inventor Gwen Marks

Gwen Marks has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250043475
    Abstract: An engineered textile includes a plurality of yarn strands with a subset extending in a substantially parallel and spaced arrangement and a bonding material extending across the plurality of yarn strands. The bonding material encapsulates a portion of each yarn strand to bond adjacent ones of the plurality of yarn strands together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: EunYoung Byun, Kevin R. Derr, Martin E. Evans, HoEun Kim, Eun Kyung Lee, Gwen Marks, Matthew D. Nordstrom, Todd A. Waatti, Chun-Hao Hsu, HyunWoo Jeon, Hyo Young Kim, TaeYoon Kim, I-Han Lan, Yi-Chia Liang
  • Publication number: 20230081164
    Abstract: A method of creating an engineered textile includes placing a yarn-wound jig on an upper surface of a substrate, selectively printing or extruding a bonding material across the plurality of arranged yarn strands, solidifying the bonding material to bond adjacent ones of the plurality of arranged yarn strands together and form a bound plurality of arranged yarn strands, and removing the bound plurality of arranged yarn strands from the substrate and the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: EunYoung Byun, Kevin R. Derr, Martin E. Evans, Ho Eun Kim, Eun Kyung Lee, Gwen Marks, Matthew D. Nordstrom, Todd A. Waatti, Chun-Hao Hsu, HyunWoo Jeon, Hyo Young Kim, TaeYoon Kim, I-Han Lan, Yi-Chia Liang