ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,622, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module and electronic device including the same" was invented by Youngmin Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaehyun Bae (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changsu Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyeunwoong Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a lens housing and at least one compound lens disposed in the lens housing and including a first lens and a second lens. At least a portion of facing surfaces of a first flange of the first lens and a second flange of the second len...