US Patent Issued to Capital One Services on March 25 for "Hybrid construction payment card" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,272, issued on March 25, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Hybrid construction payment card" was invented by Tyler Maiman (Melville, N.Y.) and Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cards having a hybrid construction including a biodegradable portion and related methods are disclosed. A card can include a card body having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, the top and bottom surfaces meeting at a peripheral edge of the card body; and a first portion secured to a second portion such that the top surface of the card body spans both the first and second port...