ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,078, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to YOUNG OPTICS INC. (Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan).

"Imaging lens" was invented by Han-Ting Huang (Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan), Chi-Yu Bai (Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan) and Ching-Lung Lai (Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging lens including a first lens group, a second lens group, and an aperture stop disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group is provided. The first lens group includes at least one and at most three lenses with refractive powers, and the second lens group has a positive refractive power and includes at least two and at most ...