US Patent Issued to RWS on Sept. 9 for "Projectile, ammunition and method of manufacturing a projectile" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,996, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to RWS GMBH (Furth, Germany).

"Projectile, ammunition and method of manufacturing a projectile" was invented by Nicole Niklas (Nuremberg, Germany) and Thomas Wagner (Pinzberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Projectile, in particular a propellant charge projectile or compressed air projectile, wherein the projectile is made from a mixture comprising metal and 2 to 15% by weight of plastic, preferably thermoplastic elastomer, based on the total weight of the propellant charge projectile; ammunition comprising the projectile and method for its manufacture."

The patent was filed on July 1, 2...