ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,693, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).

"Optical imaging lens" was invented by Feng Chen (Xiamen, China), Qingshu Ye (Xiamen, China) and Kai-Feng Lo (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical imaging lens of the present invention comprises a light-shielding plate and two pieces of activated reactive bonding film positioned between two lens elements. The activated reactive bonding film are in a shape of ring. One of the pieces of activated reactive bonding film is positioned between an object-side surface of the light-shielding plate, facing an object side, and...