ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,872, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China) and ASIA OPTICAL Co. INC. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Lens assembly and image capture apparatus thereof" was invented by Chun-Yang Yao (Taichung, Taiwan) and Hsi-Ling Chang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens assembly includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group, all of which are arranged in order from a first side to a second side along an optical axis. The first lens group is with positive refractive power. The second lens group is with positive refractive power. The third lens group is with positive...