ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,266, issued on July 14, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical imaging system" was invented by Byung Hyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Phil Ho Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical imaging system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens, sequentially arranged from an object side. In the optical imaging system according to the present embodiment, an air gap between the first lens and the second lens is greater than an air gap between the second lens and...