ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,034, issued on March 4, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Imaging lens system" was invented by Sang Hyun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ju Hwa Son (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging lens system includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens having a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis of the imaging lens system from an object side of the imaging lens system towa...