ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,109, issued on May 13, was assigned to Axon Enterprise Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Warning system for a conducted electrical weapon" was invented by Patrick W. Smith (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Michael E. Gish (Phoenix), Magne Nerheim (Paradise Valley, Ariz.), Hans Moritz (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Brian Fairbanks (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Milan Cerovic (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Mark Eastwood (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A warning system for a conducted electrical weapon ("CEW") may be configured to alert a target that deployment of the CEW may be imminent. The warning system may include a visual output system and an audio output sys...