ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,507, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Lens, lens assembly, and mobile electronic device" was invented by Tae Kyung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ji Hye Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hye Lee Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong Hyouk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong Won Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seong Ho Eom (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seong Chan Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens includes a lens unit, an uneven layer formed on at least a portion of a surface of the lens unit, a buffer layer covering the un...