ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,953, issued on July 1, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical imaging system" was invented by Ju Hwa Son (Suwon-si, South Korea), Min Hyuk Im (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ga Young An (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 a positive refractive power; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power and a concave image-side surface; a fifth lens having a refractive power; a sixth lens having a refractive power; a se...