ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,910, issued on May 27, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Portable electronic device, optical imaging system, and lens assembly" was invented by Dae Hyun Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ho Sik Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong In Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jong Ki Kim (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, and a fifth lens, sequentially disposed from an object side, wherein the first to fifth lenses are spaced apart from each other by predetermined distances along an optical axis in...