ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,625, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to PCP TACTICAL LLC (Sebastian, Fla.) and SHPP Global Technologies B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).

"Polymer cartridge with enhanced snapfit metal insert and thickness ratios" was invented by Charles Padgett (Sebastian, Fla.), Lanse Padgett (Sebastian, Fla.), Mark A. Sanner (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands), Ernest Ford Caldwell (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands), Gerould Harding (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands) and Christopher Wall (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high strength polymer-based cartridge having a polymer case with a first end having a mouth. A body can be formed ...