ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,350, issued on May 6, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).
"Transaction card with a removable magnetic strip" was invented by Tyler Maiman (Melville, N.Y.), Joshua Edwards (Philadelphia) and Bryant Yee (Silver Spring, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transaction card assembly may include a card body comprising a first face and a second face opposite the first face; a receiving portion formed on the first face of the card body; and a first removable magnetic strip assembly comprising a first magnetic strip and a first attachment portion. In a first configuration, the first removable magnetic strip assembly may b...