US 12,481,860 B2
Transaction card having a metal layer and a method for making the transaction card
Adam Lowe, Somerset, NJ (US); Michele Logan, Madison, NJ (US); Dori Skelding, North Plainfield, NJ (US); and Syeda Hussain, Somerset, NJ (US)
Assigned to CompoSecure, LLC, Somerset, NJ (US)
Filed by CompoSecure, LLC, Somerset, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/788,259.
Application 18/788,259 is a continuation of application No. 18/207,402, filed on Jun. 8, 2023, granted, now 12,093,772.
Application 18/207,402 is a continuation of application No. 17/715,506, filed on Apr. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,710,024, issued on Jul. 25, 2023.
Application 17/715,506 is a continuation of application No. 16/983,395, filed on Aug. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,301,743, issued on Apr. 12, 2022.
Application 16/983,395 is a continuation of application No. 15/928,813, filed on Mar. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,762,412, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/623,936, filed on Jan. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0386235 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G06K 19/02 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/07792 (2013.01) [G06K 19/02 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G06K 19/07794 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transaction card having a card periphery defined by a plurality of sides including first and second parallel short sides and first and second parallel long sides, the short sides relatively shorter than the long sides, the card comprising:
a metal layer having a front surface and a back surface;
an opening in the metal layer having a first edge relatively closest to the first short side of the card periphery; and
a discontinuity in the metal layer comprising a gap in the metal layer extending from the front surface to the back surface, the discontinuity defining a path from an origin at the card periphery and terminating at a terminus in the opening, wherein one of the terminus or the origin are located relatively closer to a line defined by the first long side of the card periphery than the other, wherein the first short side of the card periphery has a region aligned with the first edge of the opening and the origin is located on the card periphery outside the aligned region, and wherein the path of the discontinuity has at least one section of curved geometry.