ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,242, issued on June 23, was assigned to Axon Enterprise Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Weapon with indicator activated based on position" was invented by Michael E. Gish (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indication may be automatically provided based on a position of a weapon. The weapon may comprise a conducted electrical weapon ("CEW"). The indication may be provided from an indicator integrated with the weapon. The indication may comprise light emitted from a laser indicator integrated with the weapon. The indicator may be selectively activated in accordance with the position to provide the indication. The indicatio...