ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,099, issued on June 24.
"Point blank delta scope reticle" was invented by Jacob D. Baker (Fort Smith, Ark.) and John L. Baker (Fort Smith, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A point blank delta scope reticle, wherein all range and yardage solutions (horizontal x) may be removed and/or ignored and only the vertical Y component is utlized. A vital zone of a target is viewed as a Y value and a ballistic curve can be calculated that will pass thru the determined Y value. The Y value becomes a constant in all calculations. The constant then yields one or more unique ratios that all ammunition follows since the vertical Y component is the...