ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,990, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Cardtronics USA Inc. (Atlanta).
"Dual-orientation card reader" was invented by Jant Albrent Kristdict Rafols Caceres (Cebu City, Philippines) and Clemence Orl Ceriales Cadano (Cebu City, Philippines).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual probe card reader system accommodates Europay(R), Mastercard(R), and Visa(R) (EMV) cards in multiple orientations while retaining existing card reader footprints. The system includes a mechanism with two probes positioned to connect with EMV chips in different orientations when cards are facing up. The dual probe mechanism retains other existing card reader part...