US Patent Issued to AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES on Oct. 7 for "Illuminating transaction card" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,177, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY INC. (New York).

"Illuminating transaction card" was invented by James Bruce Coleman (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transaction card is described that includes a first layer, a second layer, a loop antenna, an inductive illumination antenna, and a light-emitting element. At least a one of the first layer and the second layer has a transparent planar portion through which light transmits. The loop antenna is inset between the first layer and the second layer. The light-emitting element has a first terminal and a second terminal. The induc...