ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,871, issued on April 22, was assigned to Tonner Drones (Biot, France).

"Recoil elimination" was invented by Michael Strasser (Cardiff, Great Britain) and Antoine Volard (Cardiff, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ejection assembly for ejecting an ejection body comprises an ejection channel and an anti-recoil channel; a barrier structure having a first interface boundary and a second interface boundary, including a barrier portion between the first interface boundary and the second interface boundaries; an attachment mechanism for fastening the barrier structure between the ejection channel and the anti-recoil channel; an...