ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,617, issued on June 3.

"Reflex sight device" was invented by Alan Nathan Lin (Arcadia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reflex sight device for a firearm includes a cover body configured to be couplable to a sight and having a vision opening; and a lens shield being detachably covered on the vision opening."

The patent was filed on Feb. 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/111,816.

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