US Patent Issued to CompoSecure on March 18 for "Metal, ceramic, or ceramic-coated transaction card with window or window pattern and optional backlighting" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,367, issued on March 18, was assigned to CompoSecure LLC (Somerset, N.J.).

"Metal, ceramic, or ceramic-coated transaction card with window or window pattern and optional backlighting" was invented by Adam Lowe (Somerset, N.J.) and John Esau (Marlboro, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transaction card includes at least one metal layer having one or more apertures therein. A light guide is disposed beneath the metal layer. The light guide has a light output and a light input. The light output is positioned to transmit light through at least the one or more apertures of the metal layer. At least one LED is positioned to transmit l...