ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,269, issued on May 6, was assigned to EX CORPORATION OY (Helsinki).

"Projectile" was invented by Eero Kaakkola (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a paintball projectile comprising a front portion and a body portion, which body portion comprises a side wall. The paintball projectile comprises a body component, which is a single piece forming outer surfaces of the front portion and the side wall, a closed cavity in the interior volume of the front portion, a fill in the closed cavity, and a middle component in the interior volume of the body component, the middle component having a first side and ...