US Patent Issued to Hand Held Products on Sept. 9 for "Discrete variable focus assemblies, apparatuses, and methods of use" (Washington, North Carolina, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,304, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Hand Held Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Discrete variable focus assemblies, apparatuses, and methods of use" was invented by Chen Feng (Snohomish, Wash.), Tao Xian (Mount Laurel, N.J.), Paul Poloniewicz (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Scott Bracken (Lynwood, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments described herein provide a discrete focusing lens assembly. Some embodiments are designed to enable repositioning of one or more components, such as a lens barrel assembly, to adjust the focus of the discrete focusing lens assembly. Some example discrete focusing lens assemblies include a mod...