ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,259, issued on March 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical sensor including planar nano-photonic microlens array and electronic apparatus including the same" was invented by Sangeun Mun (Seoul, South Korea), Junho Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Sookyoung Roh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sungmo Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seokho Yun (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensor including a planar nano-photonic microlens array and an electronic apparatus including the same are provided. The optical sensor may include: a sensor substrate including a plurality of photose...