ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,519, issued on May 13, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Display system with interchangeable lens" was invented by Jeremy C. Franklin (San Francisco), Wey-Jiun Lin (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Brandon R. Neale (Fremont, Calif.), Heidi Williamson (San Francisco), Andreas G. Weber (Los Altos, Calif.), Forrest C. Wang (Petaluma, Calif.) and Phil M. Hobson (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display system includes a display, a removable lens assembly, and a lens detection sensor. The removable lens is removably coupleable to the display. The lens detection sensor detects the removable lens assembly coupled ...