ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,494, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to RECO BIOTEK Co. LTD (Toufen, Taiwan).

"Image sensor module" was invented by Chang Cheng Fan (Toufen, Taiwan), Chang Meng Chih (Toufen, Taiwan) and Tsai Cheng Feng (Toufen, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an image sensor module, including an integrated circuit substrate, an image sensing chip, a cover plate and an encapsulating material. The image sensing chip is disposed on the integrated circuit substrate. The image sensing chip includes an image sensing area and a non-image sensing area. A dam is disposed between the cover plate and the non-image sensing a...