ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,136, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical system" was invented by Ying-Jen Wang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Yi-Ho Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Ko-Lun Chao (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Ya-Hsiu Wu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system is provided. The optical system includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly drives the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is located between the movable portion and the fixed portion."

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