ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,746, issued on May 26, was assigned to ZHONGSHAN UNION OPTECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE Co. LTD. (Zhongshan, China).

"Zoom lens" was invented by Junqiang Gong (Zhongshan, China), Hui Liu (Zhongshan, China), Shengping Qiu (Zhongshan, China), Hao Wang (Zhongshan, China), Kun Li (Zhongshan, China), Yang Wu (Zhongshan, China) and Xudong Zheng (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a zoom lens, including: a lens barrel, a lens group, a linear magnetic driving mechanism, and a locking structure; the lens barrel extends in a front-to-rear direction; the lens group includes at least one mobile group movably provided in the len...