ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,753, issued on July 8, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging device and method for manufacturing imaging device" was invented by Masaya Nagata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device to which a simple mounting method can be applied is configured. The imaging device is provided with an imaging element, a wiring substrate, and a sealing portion. The imaging element is provided with an image pickup chip over which an light transmitting portion transmitting incident light is arranged and which generates an image signal on the basis of the incident light that has passed thr...