US Patent Issued to Block on May 13 for "Reader device with a plurality of reader interfaces" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,664, issued on May 13, was assigned to Block Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Reader device with a plurality of reader interfaces" was invented by Jeremy Martin (Oakland, Calif.), Mani Razaghi Kashani (Oakland, Calif.), Nicholas Kunst (Oakland, Calif.), Brett Andler (Oakland, Calif.), Steven Stallion (Oakland, Calif.), Rowan Schultz (Oakland, Calif.), Yenliang Chen (Oakland, Calif.), Cory Douthat (Oakland, Calif.) and Marvin Balaoro (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transaction system receives a card into a slot between a plurality of surfaces (e.g., a first surface and a second surface) of a housing. The transaction system d...