US Patent Issued to Block on May 12 for "Thermo-sensitive payment card" (New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,084, issued on May 12, was assigned to Block Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Thermo-sensitive payment card" was invented by Kyle Fletcher (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.) and Ashutosh Dhodapkar (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technology is described for providing and using a thermo-sensitive payment card. An example payment card comprises a card substrate and a personalization layer overlaying the card substrate. The personalization layer includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The first region includes an account number associated with an account of a user, and the account of the user is maintained ...