ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,341, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Sig Sauer Inc. (Newington, N.H.).

"Suppressor baffle" was invented by Evan A. Miller (Exeter, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suppressor baffle includes a cone portion expanding along a central axis from a proximal end defining a projectile opening to an open distal end having an outer rim. The projectile opening is in an entrance plane oriented obliquely to the central axis. A first volume between a first side of the cone portion and a central plane that includes the central axis is smaller than a second volume between an opposite second side of the cone portion and the central plane. At...