ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,334, issued on July 15, was assigned to NEWMAX TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Lens module" was invented by Yung-Fu Liang (Taichung, Taiwan), Yu-Wen Huang (Taichung, Taiwan) and Jiong-Hong Chen (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens module includes: a lens barrel including a annular structure, an inner annular surface surrounding the central axis and an outer annular surface opposite to and surrounding the inner annular surface, wherein the inner annular surface forms an accommodating space; an optical lens assembly and an optical filter sequentially disposed in the accommodating space from the object side t...