ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,370, issued on March 18, was assigned to CPI CARD GROUP-COLORADO INC. (Littleton, Colo.).
"Recovered plastic cards" was invented by Maxmillian David Michieli (Littleton, Colo.), James P. Colleran (Centennial, Colo.) and Barry Mosteller (Castle Pines, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminated transaction card may comprise a core layer comprising polyethylene, a first support layer including polyethylene terephthalate glycol coupled to a first surface of the core layer by a first adhesive layer, and a second support layer including a polyethylene terephthalate glycol coupled to a second surface of the core layer by a second adh...