ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,839, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Lens module with reduced height and electronic device having the same" was invented by Wen-Jie Yi (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens module with reduced height, and an electronic device carrying it, includes a lens assembly, a printed circuit board, a filter, and a photosensitive chip. The first and second opposing surfaces of the printed circuit board are each grooved to respectively hold the filter and the photosensitive chip. The existence of the first and second grooves enables a significant reduction to be mad...