US Patent Issued to Ascendance International on Nov. 3 for "Firearm suppression device" (Virginia, Michigan, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,075, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Ascendance International LLC (Littleton, Colo.).

"Firearm suppression device" was invented by Joseph Franklin Garst (New Castle, Va.), Cory Steven Michalec (Lake Linden, Mich.), Darrell Alan Vinke (Winterport, Maine) and Charles Perry Gaff II (Houghton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm suppression device comprising multiple stages which are used to control the expansion and direct the expanding muzzle-blast gases (e.g., associated with the firing of a projectile from a firearm) in a manner to improve cooling, to reduce the firing signature of the weapon, and to vent the muzzle-blast...