ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,128, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to EIGHT HOLDINGS LLC (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).

"Kinetic delay operating system for recoil firearms" was invented by Teodor Puha (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gun includes a kinetic delay to reduce total recoil energy transferred to a shooter and extend the time of the recoil impulse to reduce felt recoil and increase controllability. In one embodiment, a bolt of a gun is longitudinally separated from a bolt carrier of the gun such that there is a delay between firing the gun and the bolt longitudinally impacting the bolt carrier. In one embodiment, the barrel is longitudina...