ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,467, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to James Edmiston (London).

"Projectile carrier for a valveless gas gun" was invented by Simon Trendall (Crowthorne, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Projectile carrier for a gas gun with a barrel defining a barrel bore arranged to guide a projectile, the projectile carrier including a projectile carrier bore for holding a projectile aligned with a barrel bore of the gas gun and to be sealingly in communication with a pressure chamber when the projectile carrier is in a service position, the projectile carrier being adapted to receive a projectile when in a loading position. The proj...