US Patent Issued to Capital One Services on June 30 for "Transaction card with hidden visual features" (Maryland, New York, Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,353, issued on June 30, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Transaction card with hidden visual features" was invented by Bryant Yee (Silver Spring, Md.), Tyler Maiman (Melville, N.Y.) and Cruz Vargas (Ocean Springs, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are approaches for concealing or obscuring transaction card numbers. In some approaches, a transaction card may include a body comprising a first main side opposite a second main side, and a plurality of structures extending from at least one of the first or second main sides. In a bent configuration of the body, the plurality of structures separate from ...