ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,113, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY INC. (New York).
"Rigid transaction card" was invented by James Bruce Coleman (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transaction card can be manufactured from rigid materials, such as glass, stone, or ceramics. First, a rigid layer of a transaction card can be placed within a first recess of a first metallic sheet. The first recess can comprise a lip and an opening. Next, a binding layer can be placed on top of the first rigid layer of the transaction card where the binding layer comprises a binding medium. A second rigid layer can be placed on ...