US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on June 23 for "Zoom lens system, and image capture device and interchangeable lens unit including the zoom lens system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,622, issued on June 23, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Zoom lens system, and image capture device and interchangeable lens unit including the zoom lens system" was invented by Takahiro Kitada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zoom lens system includes multiple lens groups and an aperture stop. The multiple lens groups consist of: a first lens group having negative power; a second lens group having positive power, a third lens group having negative power; and a fourth lens group having negative power. The aperture stop is disposed between the first and second lens grou...