US Patent Issued to Capital One Services on Jan. 27 for "Transaction card including removable chip" (Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,400, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Transaction card including removable chip" was invented by Tyler Maiman (Melville, N.Y.), Kevin Osborn (Newton, Mass.) and Joshua Edwards (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are approaches for removing a chip of a transaction card using a chip removal element. In some approaches, the transaction card may include a body including a first main side opposite a second main side, a chip coupled to the first main side of the body, and a chip removal element disposed between the chip and the body. A first end of the chip removal element may be...