ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,695, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Spacer and lens assembly including the same" was invented by So Mi Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Hyuk Huh (Suwon-si, South Korea), You Jin Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Geon Hwi Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Joon Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spacer is provided. The spacer includes an opening through which light passes and an internal surface that forms the opening, wherein the internal surface includes a first internal surface having a first curvature portion having a first predetermined curvatu...