US Patent Issued to Smart Nanos on Sept. 1 for "Multifunctional composite projectiles and methods of manufacturing the same" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,856, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Smart Nanos LLC (Greer, S.C.).

"Multifunctional composite projectiles and methods of manufacturing the same" was invented by Robert Folaron (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Jennifer Folaron (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite projectiles include various material compositions, diameters, and cavities within the projectiles having a variety of cavity diameters, sidewalls, and bottoms selected and formed to induce different levels of penetration and disintegration of the composite projectiles upon impact with targets."

The patent was filed on Sept. 23, 2025, under Appli...