ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,969, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module having an edge-disposed shielding plate and electronic device including the camera module" was invented by Hyosang An (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hwajoong Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Beomsik Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bongchan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taehwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyungjin Rho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaeheung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kwangseok Byon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jonghoon Won (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module according to various embodiments of...