ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,275, issued on July 14, was assigned to AAC Optics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Camera optical lens" was invented by Renlong Yu (Suzhou, China) and Shunda Zhou (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a camera optical lens, including first, second and fifth lenses having negative refractive power, third, fourth and sixth lenses having positive refractive power. The first and third lenses are made of glass material. Refractive index of third lens is n3, focal length of first lens is f1, focal length of second lens is f2, on-axis thickness of fifth lens is d9, on-axis distance between fifth and sixth lenses is d...