ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,078, issued on June 16, was assigned to METHOD DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS LLC (Pinehurst, Texas).

"Gas regulator" was invented by Jerod Bushman (Houston) and John Chambers (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods relate to gas regulators for use with paintball guns. The gas regulator includes a poppet housing interchangeable by a user to modify output pressure of the gas regulator. The poppet housing includes markings visible externally on the gas regulator indicating to the user the output pressure provided. The gas regulator may further include a rotatable adapter for coupling with a paintball gun. A regulator piston...