ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,697, issued on April 21, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Color-changing smart card" was invented by Abhijit Behera (Hyderabad, India), Maneesh Kumar Sethia (Hyderabad, India), Nandini Rathaur (Mumbai, India), Sandeep Kumar Chauhan (Hyderabad, India), Shailendra Singh (Maharashtra, India) and Gowri Sundar Suriyanarayanan (Tamil Nadu, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A color-changing smart card may be provided. The smart card may include a first layer encasing at least a front of the smart card. The smart card may include a smart chip on the front of the smart card. The smart chip may be configured for tr...