ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,302, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CALIN TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Taichung City, Taiwan).

"Defogging lens barrel structure" was invented by Hsin-Han Lin (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Sung-Chih Wu (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A defogging lens barrel structure includes a lens barrel, a heating module, and a lens assembly. The lens barrel includes a receiving groove with an inner wall. The heating module and the lens assembly are respectively disposed within the lens barrel. The lens assembly includes a first lens mounted in the receiving groove, supported by the heating module, and having a peripheral portion. A...