ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,136, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CompoSecure LLC (Somerset, N.J.).

"Transaction card with partial glass layer" was invented by Adam Lowe (Somerset, N.J.) and Kristin Potocki (Hamilton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transaction card having a partial glass layer including an interior glass member connected to a non-glass frame. The frame defines opposite planar surfaces, has an outer periphery coextensive with the outer periphery of the card, and has a frame inner periphery spaced radially inward from the frame outer periphery. The frame inner periphery defines an interior area occupied by the glass member. The transaction...