ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,100, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module and optical device comprising same" was invented by Won Jun Cha (Seoul, South Korea), Youn Baek Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) and Ji Yoon Hong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes a lens barrel moving in the direction of the optical axis, a holder disposed below the lens barrel and having a seating portion recessed in the top surface thereof, a filter disposed on the bottom surface of the seating portion of the holder, a first adhesive member disposed between the bottom surface of the seating portion an...