ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,135, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical imaging system" was invented by Phil Ho Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ho Sik You (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 positive refractive power and having a convex object-side surface; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having positive refractive power and having a convex image-side surface; and a seventh lens havi...