ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,633, issued on June 30, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Lens and lens assembly" was invented by Byung Ju Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Na Yi Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Tae Kyung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens includes a lens unit, an intermediate layer disposed on one surface of the lens unit, a first coating layer including a UV improving additive and disposed on one surface of the intermediate layer, and a second coating layer including a water repellent and disposed on one surface of the first coating layer."
The patent was filed on Jan. 8, 2024, ...