ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,028, issued on March 4, was assigned to JIANGXI LIANYI OPTICS Co. LTD. (Nanchang, China).

"Imaging lens system, camera module and fingerprint recognition module" was invented by Haojie Zeng (Nanchang, China) and Yilong Wang (Nanchang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging lens system, from an object side to an imaging plane, sequentially includes: a flat glass; a first lens with a negative focal power, a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface; a second lens with a positive focal power, a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface; a stop; a third lens with a positive focal power and a c...