ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,304, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to AGENCY ARMS LLC (Ventura, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for alternating sight adaptors plates and associated accessories" was invented by Randy Paul Niswander (Oxnard, Calif.) and Michael Lee Parks (Canyon Country, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly comprising a firearm slide and an adaptor plate configured to mate with the firearm slide. The adapter plate includes a first seat in a top surface of the adaptor plate and a second seat in the top surface of the adaptor plate. The assembly also includes a first iron sight configured to mate with the first seat and a second iron sig...