ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,645, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Lens assembly and electronic device including same" was invented by Jungpa Seo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Kihuk Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to certain embodiments disclosed herein, a lens assembly and/or an electronic device including the same may include an image sensor, and first to ninth lenses sequentially arranged along an optical axis. The first lens may include a convex object side surface while having positive refractive power, the second lens may include a concave image sensor side s...