ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,220, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Crimson Trace Corp. (Columbia, Mo.).

"Electronic firearm accessory with light source" was invented by James Tayon (Moberly, Mo.), Matthew Kinamore (Columbia, Mo.), James Gianladis (Harrisburg, Mo.), Michael Cottrell (Columbia, Mo.), Tim Kinney (Warrenton, Mo.), Dennis W. Cauley Jr. (Booneville, Mo.), Mark Dalton (Columbia, Mo.), Justin Burke (Columbia, Mo.), Anthony Vesich (Columbia, Mo.) and Yu King Wai (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Firearm accessories and associated methods. A firearm accessory includes a mount for mounting the firearm accessory on a firearm. The mount ...