My understanding is Samsung has the patent around the hardware,...

My understanding is Samsung has the patent around the hardware, i.e. camera as FM says, and WBT has the patent on the software, i.e. how to capture a person's identity using cornea.

Sounds like Samsung and WBT should have a sit down, if they haven't already.

http://opticalengineering.spiedigitallibrary.org/article.aspx?articleid=1748330

"To solve these problems, we propose a new method of iris localization that uses wide field of view (WFOV) and narrow field of view (NFOV) cameras"