ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,838, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to AXTS INC. (Redmond, Ore.).

"Retention system for grip attachment" was invented by Joshua A. Underwood (Redmond, Ore.), Anibal Salinas (Redmond, Ore.) and Seth K. Peterson (Redmond, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, an apparatus to operate with a firearm grip is provided, in which the firearm grip includes two openings, including a magazine receptacle and an aftly-positioned additional opening, the openings partitioned by a wall, the apparatus comprising: a retention system insertable into the aftly-positioned additional opening, the retention system including: a drive ...