US Patent Issued to Target Brands on Nov. 11 for "Gift card having coin reactive ink and other tamperproof properties" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,919, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Target Brands Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Gift card having coin reactive ink and other tamperproof properties" was invented by Christopher Brakob (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are tamperproof gift cards. A gift card can include: a first identifier printed in permanent and visible ink on a treated first portion of the gift card and a second identifier printed in a matrix of ink dots on a second portion that obscures the second identifier. Attempting to remove the first identifier may cause visible indicators of tampering on the first portion. The matrix can include reacti...