ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,166, issued on March 17, was assigned to SureFire LLC (Fountain Valley, Calif.).

"Apparatus and methods for a gunsight and sighting system" was invented by John Matthews (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Murray Dunn (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Ammar Burayez (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Jonathon McGrady (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and Ashley Tilling (Fountain Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and methods are provided for a gunsight and sighting system for use on firearms. The gunsight and sighting system comprises a mount portion coupled with a hood portion. A projection window with a collimated image overlay is secured ...