ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,430, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co. Ltd (China).

"Optical imaging lens group" was invented by Qionghua Zhou (Yuyao, China), Yuhao Wang (Yuyao, China), Yanping Li (Yuyao, China), Lingbo He (Yuyao, China), Lin Huang (Yuyao, China), Fujian Dai (Yuyao, China) and Liefeng Zhao (Yuyao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical imaging lens group, along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, sequentially includes: an autofocus component, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and at least one subsequent lens. A radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the autofocus c...