ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,425, issued on June 24, was assigned to Largan Precision Co. Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Photographing optical lens system, imaging apparatus and electronic device" was invented by Hsin-Hsuan Huang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photographing optical lens system includes seven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side a...