ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,203, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Axon Enterprise Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Electrode for a conducted electrical weapon" was invented by Samuel R. Driscoll (Phoenix), John Groff (San Francisco), Trevor Scott (Chandler, Ariz.) and Landon Romney (Queen Creek, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode for a conducted electrical weapon may comprise an electrode body and an electrode head coupled to a first end of the electrode body. The electrode head may comprise one or more circumferential grooves. A filament may be stored in the electrode body and may be circumferentially wound into the one or more circumferential groov...