ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,453, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Lens assembly with a supplemental mirror" was invented by Zachary A Granger (Redwood City, Calif.), Juan Carlos Minano Dominguez (Mountain View, Calif.), Julio Chaves (Redwood City, Calif.), Pablo Benitez Gimenez (Madrid) and Pablo Zamora Herranz (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a display panel configured to produce light and a lens assembly that receives the light from the display panel. The lens assembly may be a catadioptric lens assembly with a partially reflective layer, lens element, quarter wave plate, and reflective...