ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,905, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to IDEMIA FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).
"Chip card with radiofrequency antennas" was invented by Ahmed Ali (Courbevoie, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chip card comprising a card body including a metal layer, an RF chip, and a first RF antenna placed in a cut-out zone and connected to the chip. The metal layer has two regions, the first region completely containing the cut-out zone. A first slit connects the cut-out zone to an edge of the first region, a second slit opens onto an edge of the layer or into the cut-out zone and ends in the second region. Two other RF antennas allow coupling ...