ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,689, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Mannis Operations LLC (Jupiter, Fla.).

"Compensating for projectile weight in ballistics" was invented by Jeffrey Citron (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system, computer-readable medium, and/or process to measure, sense, or otherwise obtain weight of a projectile and use that information to generate instructions to adjust aim of the projectile. For example, instructions may indicate a desired weight of a projectile for performance."

The patent was filed on Oct. 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/385,341.

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