ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,622, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SAVIT Corp. (Rockaway, N.J.).

"Multi-part projectile with anti-rotation coating" was invented by Nicholas C. Korinis II (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) and Kenneth R. Jones (Wayne, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are multi-part projectiles that include a high-friction coating as part of an interface between parts of the projectile body. The high-friction coating reduces the probability that projectile parts coupled at the interface would rotate relative as the projectile is launched, thus enhancing the reliability and accuracy of the projectile. In one example, a multi-part projec...