US Patent Issued to Canon on Dec. 30 for "Optical element, optical apparatus, system, and method of manufacturing the optical element" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,697, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Optical element, optical apparatus, system, and method of manufacturing the optical element" was invented by Atsushi Takata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical element made of resin includes a first surface configured to serve as an optical surface, a second surface configured to serve as an optical surface, a third surface configured to serve as an optical surface, and a fourth surface configured to connect to the third surface. The third surface includes a peripheral area and an inner area, and a distance from an outer edge of the third surface to a...