ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,501, issued on July 28, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Optical system" was invented by Duk Keun Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system disclosed to an embodiment of the invention includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, and a ninth lens which are sequentially arranged along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, wherein the first lens has an object-side surface convex, the second lens has positive refractive power, the second lens has a positive refractive power and has a ...