ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,526, issued on July 28, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens module and camera module" was invented by Joo Young Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Ah Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Yong Seok Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present invention relates to a lens module comprising: a first lens which comprises a center portion including a curved surface and a periphery portion extending from the center portion; an electrode which is disposed on the first lens; and first and second conductive parts which are disposed on the electrode, wherein the first and second conductive ...