ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,721, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH Co. LTD (Zhejiang, China).

"Imaging optical device and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Heng Jiang (Zhejiang, China), Shuijia Chu (Zhejiang, China), Lin Liu (Zhejiang, China) and Chengchang Zheng (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method of an imageable optical device includes pre-positioning at least two lens components along the optical axis so that the at least two lens components are able to form an image. A first structural gap and a second structural gap are arranged at different positions between two adjacent lens components...