ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,231, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ZPE LICENSING INC. (Temecula, Calif.).

"Laser induced friction surface on firearm" was invented by Andrew Jason Zimmer (Temecula, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm having a laser induced friction surface. A method for forming the laser induced friction surface on the firearm may includes the steps of disposing the laser machine adjacent to a component of the firearm, adjusting the laser machine, then applying the laser beam of the laser machine onto a component surface."

The patent was filed on June 6, 2024, under Application No. 18/736,390.

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