ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,168, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sheltered Wings Inc. (Barneveld, Wis.).

"Reticle for a viewing optic" was invented by Samuel Hamilton (Barneveld, Wis.), Calen Havens (Barneveld, Wis.), Ian Klemm (Barneveld, Wis.), Tom Cody (Barneveld, Wis.), Craig Schultz (Barneveld, Wis.), Garrison Bollig (Barneveld, Wis.), Andy Carlson (Barneveld, Wis.), William Lowry (Barneveld, Wis.), Cory Taylor (Barneveld, Wis.), Tim Rue (Barneveld, Wis.) and Alexander Lewis (Barneveld, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a reticle, and particularly a reticle having a marking feature that is translucent. A marking feature may b...