ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,048, issued on May 5, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Lens and lens module having the same" was invented by Eun Chong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hwan Soo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyu Min Chae (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyuk Joo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens module is provided. The lens module includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens sequentially disposed from an object side to an imaging side, a first spacing member disposed between the first lens and the second lens and having a first passage extending in a direction that intersects a...