ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,731, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical imaging system" was invented by Jin Hwa Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Tae Youn Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical imaging system includes a first lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power; a fifth lens having a refractive power and an object-side surface that is concave; and a sixth lens having a refractive power and an object...