ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,435, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to LARGAN PRECISION Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Lens element, imaging lens assembly, camera module and electronic device" was invented by Chun-Hua Tsai (Taichung, Taiwan) and Lin-An Chang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens element includes an optical effective portion, a peripheral portion and protruding structures. The optical effective portion includes a first optical surface and a second optical surface, wherein the second optical surface and the first optical surface are disposed relative to each other. The peripheral portion includes a first peripheral surface, a second...