ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,733, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical imaging system" was invented by Dong Hyuk Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ji Su Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Il Yong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens disposed in sequence to be spaced apart from an object side. The second lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens have a refractive index of 1.6 or more, and the optical imaging system satisfies the following condit...