ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,702, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Zoom lens, and imaging apparatus including the same" was invented by Takahiro Komiyama (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zoom lens includes a first lens unit, a second lens unit, a third lens unit, and a rear lens group. The first lens unit has a positive refractive power. The third lens unit has a negative refractive power. The rear lens group includes one or more lens units. The first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the rear lens group are disposed in order from an object side to an image side. An interval between lens units dispos...