ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,047, issued on March 3, was assigned to Flex Force Enterprises LLC (Portland, Ore.).

"Dual trigger weapon control system with integrated manual and assisted targeting" was invented by Cynthia Louise Archer (Sherwood, Ore.), Jacob Ryan Sullivan (Hood River, Ore.) and John Holbrook Vance II (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The devices, systems, and methods described herein are directed to a manual and assisted targeting system integrated into a weapon control system that includes dual triggers. One trigger is fully manual and is always operational. The second trigger is electronically controlled and is linked to aiming s...