ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,549, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to ANGEL GROUP Co. LTD. (Shiga, Japan).
"Gaming chip and management system" was invented by Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A management system includes a recording device recording an image of a gaming chip and an inspection device determining a type and authenticity of the gaming chip. The gaming chip has a multilayer structure in which both sides of a colored layer are sandwiched between light color layers, surface printing representing a type of the gaming chip is performed on outer sides of the light color layers, and an authenticity recognition mark is printed on...