ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,372, issued on May 20, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Lens and lens assembly including the same" was invented by Hae Sung Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ae Rim Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Hyun Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Hyeon Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sang A Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens includes an optical portion; and a rib portion extending to an external side of the optical portion in a radial direction and including a light transmitting region and a light-shielding region, wherein the light-shielding region includes an ester-based ...