ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,477, issued on May 13, was assigned to YOUNG OPTICS INC. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Optical lens" was invented by Ying-Hsiu Lin (Hukou Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a cemented lens. The first lens is closest to a magnified side as compared with any other lens of the optical lens, one of the second lens and the third lens is a first aspheric lens, and the fourth lens is a second aspheric lens and disposed between the cemented lens and a minified side of the optical lens. The optical lens satisfies the condition: 1.0greater ...