ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,151, issued on Oct. 28.
"Multipurpose projectile apparatus, method of manufacture, and method of use thereof" was invented by Austin Thomas Jones (Norman, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a projectile comprising: (1) a metal core, such as a copper alloy core, including a base and a tip, where the base and the tip are separated by a core length along a z-axis running longitudinally through a center of the metal core; and (2) a jacket circumferentially attached to the metal core, the jacket surrounding at least fifty percent of the core length of the metal core, where the jacket includes: a polymer and a first jacket r...