ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,137, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Camera module having sandwiched lens structure in between two glass substrates" was invented by Tsung Wei Wan (Hsin Chu, Taiwan), Wei Ping Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Jau-Jan Deng (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera lens module includes an image sensor and a sandwiched lens structure formed over the image sensor, the sandwiched lens structure including a layer lens between a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate, and a baffle formed between the layer lens and the first glass substrate or between the layer le...