ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,482, issued on May 13, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical imaging system" was invented by Hag Chul Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hwan Soo 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 having negative refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side. The third lens, the fourth lens, the sixth lens, and...