ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,517, issued on June 3, was assigned to OPPLE LIGHTING Co. LTD. (Shanghai) and SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Lens and light source module" was invented by Shengjie Qiao (Suzhou, China), Guolong Ni (Suzhou, China) and Guobao Zhang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The lens includes a suction portion and at least two light distribution portions; each of the light distribution portions is configured to distribute light for a light emitting unit independently, and a plurality of light distribution portions are arranged around the suction portion with the suction portion as a center and are fixedly connected w...