ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,550, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Antonio Cudazzo (Milan).

"Firearm" was invented by Antonio Cudazzo (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm, particularly a gun operating by recoil exploitation, comprising: a frame; a barrel, a hand grip; a breechblock slidable for the closing of the breech of the barrel; a striker; a longitudinal elastic device for the recovery of the recoil kinetic energy of the breechblock for rearming the striker; a release lever having a coupling position and a release position of the striker; a single action trigger mechanism comprising a trigger and a trigger transmission rod operatively connecte...