ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,136, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical imaging system" was invented by Tae Youn Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Hyun Baik (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Phil Ho Jung (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 an image-side surface that is concave; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a fourth lens having an image-side surface that is concave; a fifth lens having a refractive power; and a sixth lens havin...