ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,688, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LARGAN INDUSTRIAL OPTICS Co. LTD. (Taichung City, Taiwan).

"Imaging optical lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device" was invented by Hsuan-Chin Huang (Taichung City, Taiwan), Shiu Sheng Li (Taichung City, Taiwan), Yu-Han Shih (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Guan-Jr Liao (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging optical lens assembly includes eight lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh ...