ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,993, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Optical target imaging system" was invented by Krzysztof Dabrowski (Great Meadows, N.J.), Robert P. Pinto (Dover, N.J.), Maxwell D. DeLuca (Highland Lakes, N.J.) and Jason S. Current (Clark, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical target imaging system includes a tower structure supporting the system at the muzzle of the barrel, a cantilever system connected to and supported from the tower structure by a system of flexible tensioners extending in a distal direction from above an elevation of the muzzle ...