ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,977, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SUMUP PAYMENTS LTD. (London).
"Secure cover with tamper resistant landing area" was invented by Stefano Bianconi (Berlin) and Ricardo Maffazioli (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the disclosure generally relate to security for a credit card processing reader. Part of security for a reader is a secure cover having a trace mesh to discourage drilling through the cover. The mesh may be connected to one or more landing areas on the cover. The landing area has electrical pads with trace routing that provides tamper protection for the landing area."
The patent was filed on Au...