ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,447, issued on March 24, was assigned to Cardtronics USA Inc. (Atlanta).

"Staging plate for an automated teller machine" was invented by Zelin Liu (Monifieth, Great Britain), Scott Low Colston (Dundee, Great Britain), Jamie Kenneth Stewart (Dundee, Great Britain), Matthew Bowen (Perth, Great Britain) and Callum Jacklin (Dundee, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staging plate for an automated teller machine (ATM) is described herein. The staging plate can include a first surface configured to support media inserted into a pocket of the ATM, and a second surface connected to the first surface. The second surface can be co...