ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,799, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SILENCERCO WEAPONS RESEARCH LLC (West Valley City, Utah).

"Method and item for indentifying serialized parts" was invented by Casey Brandol (West Jordan, Utah), Jacob Turnblom (West Valley City, Utah), Jared Hansen (West Valley City, Utah), James Torgersen (Orem, Utah) and Joshua Sensinger (Genola, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Serialized firearm parts, such as silencers, are identified using plates permanently affixed to the parts by welding, brazing, riveting, pinning and welding or other permanent techniques. Methods of effecting repair or replacement of silencers and silencer parts ...