US Patent Issued to Dynamics on March 18 for "Programming with light for powered cards and devices" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,364, issued on March 18, was assigned to Dynamics Inc. (Cheswick, Pa.).

"Programming with light for powered cards and devices" was invented by Bruce S. Cloutier (Jeannette, Pa.) and Jeffrey D. Mullen (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Programming fixtures are provided that program cards, such as payment cards, with data, such as personal data, using light transmitters and receivers. For example, an infrared transmitter may be provided to program personal data (e.g., a customer's credit card number) into a card wirelessly. In doing so, the card may be, for example, completely laminated such that there are no exposed electroni...