ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,736, issued on July 22, was assigned to TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Imaging lens" was invented by Kenichi Kamada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with negative refractive power, a second lens with positive refractive power, a third lens with positive refractive power, a fourth lens with negative refractive power, a fifth lens with positive refractive power, and a sixth lens with negative refractive p...