ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,797, issued on July 14, was assigned to General Sciences Inc. (Souderton, Pa.).

"Projectiles, reactive compositions for projectiles and articles containing the reactive composition" was invented by Peter D. Zavitsanos (Gwynedd Valley, Pa.) and Dmitri A. Bohn (Green Lane, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projectile including a reactive composition is disclosed. The reactive composition includes at least one fuel comprising a titanium-boron composite, at least one oxidizer, and at least one metal hydride. When the projectile penetrates through a surface of a target having a volume of 0.2 m3, the reactive composition is configured t...