ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,623, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND RESEARCH Corp. (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Artillery projectile with segmented body" was invented by Joseph Lucero (Belen, N.M.) and Danny J. Frew (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure introduces an apparatus comprising an artillery projectile, the artillery projectile comprising: a body comprising external threads; and a band threaded to the external threads and configured to cooperate with an inner surface of a barrel of an artillery piece to thereby impart rotation to the artillery projectile during launch from the artillery piece."

The pat...