ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,151, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Imaging lens system" was invented by Sang Hyun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Il Yong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Hyuk Huh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dong Hyuk Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging lens system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens disposed in order from an object side, wherein the first lens has positive refractive power, wherein the fourth lens has a concave image-side surface, wherein the...