ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,606, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Lens assembly and electronic apparatus including the same" was invented by Jungpa Seo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Yongjae Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jeongyeol Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Min Heu (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a lens assembly and an electronic apparatus including the same. The lens assembly may include four or more lenses arranged from an object side to an image side where an image sensor is located. The lens assembly may further include a first lens arranged closest to the ...