US Patent Issued to Smart Packaging Solutions on April 15 for "Metal antenna insert for smart card and smart card incorporating such an antenna insert" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,466, issued on April 15, was assigned to Smart Packaging Solutions (Rousset, France).

"Metal antenna insert for smart card and smart card incorporating such an antenna insert" was invented by Sautet Alexandre (Rousset, France), Turelier Mathieu (Rousset, France) and Richard Damien (Rousset, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an antenna inlay for a smart card with a contactless communication interface or a dual contact and contactless communication interface. The antenna inlay does not have a layer of plastic material, and is essentially constituted by a metal sheet comprising conductive turns delimited by z...