ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,240, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Optical system and camera module comprising same" was invented by Doo Shik Sin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The optical system disclosed in the embodiment of the invention includes first to ninth lenses disposed along an optical axis in a direction from the object side to the sensor side, wherein the first and second lenses have positive (+) refractive power on the optical axis, the third lens and the ninth lens has a negative refractive power on the optical axis, the fifth lens has a meniscus shape convex from the optical axis to...