ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,703, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Great Lakes Firearms and Ammunition LLC (Sparta, Mich.).

"Modifications for AR-10 style firearm" was invented by Matthew Baker (Rockford, Mich.) and Chase Blackburn (Cedar Springs, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides example embodiments related to modifications for an AR-10 style firearm. In one embodiment, the AR-10 style firearm comprises modifications that enable the AR-10 style firearm to fire cartridges having a length between 73.66 mm and 91.44 mm, without increasing the overall length and/or weight, as compared to a standard AR-10 style firearm. The modif...