ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,964, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Optical system" was invented by Doo Shik Sin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system disclosed in the embodiment of the invention includes a first lens to an eighth lenses which are sequentially arranged along an optical axis in a direction from the object side to the sensor side, wherein the first lens has a positive refractive power and has a convex object-side surface, the second lens has a negative refractive power and a concave sensor-side surface, at least one of an object-side and sensor-side surfaces of the sixth lens...