US 12,093,769 B2
Transaction card with partial glass layer
Adam Lowe, Somerset, NJ (US); and Kristin Potocki, Hamilton, NJ (US)
Assigned to CompoSecure, LLC, Somerset, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 18/034,152
Filed by CompoSecure, LLC, Somerset, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/056967
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/094021, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/107,698, filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0385590 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/07722 (2013.01) 49 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transaction card, the transaction card having lateral dimensions that define an outer periphery and an area, the transaction card comprising:
a partial glass layer comprising an interior glass member connected to a non-glass frame, the frame defining opposite planar surfaces, a frame outer periphery coextensive with the outer periphery of the card, and a frame inner periphery spaced radially inward from the frame outer periphery, the frame inner periphery defining an interior area occupied by the glass member:
at least one additional layer having a periphery coextensive with the periphery of the card;
a payment module configured for contactless operation or dual interface contact/contactless operation; and
wherein the frame defines a first width between the frame outer periphery and the frame inner periphery for at least a first portion of the frame, and a tab defining a second width greater than the first width for at least a second portion of the frame, wherein the payment module is embedded in the tab.