ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,811, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to IDEMIA FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).
"Smart card with metal inlay encapsulating high-density metal plug" was invented by Scott Donnelly (Exton, Pa.) and Michael Reed (Exton, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal smart card, having an inlay layer, the inlay layer including a metal card body, the metal card body defining at least one cavity in the metal card body, the at least one cavity having a continuous surface defined by an inner surface of the metal card body, a metal plug, the metal plug being housed inside the at least one cavity, an electronic component, the electronic component bein...