ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,544, issued on May 26, was assigned to BLOCK INC. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for constructing programmable credential and security cards" was invented by Kuldeep Amarnath (Fremont, Calif.) and Ashutosh Dhodapkar (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for designing and constructing a thin programmable dynamic credential card is disclosed. The thin programmable dynamic credential card may comprise multiple layers, including a top surface layer containing an opening through which a graphical display system below the top surface layer can be viewed. The graphical display system is configured to present at le...