ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,121, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CPI CARD GROUP-TENNESSEE INC. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"System and method for instant issue of personalized financial transaction cards" was invented by Bobby Smith (Antioch, Tenn.) and James White (Murfreesboro, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for issuing a personalized financial transaction card is disclosed. The method includes receiving via a processor at a printing location a request to generate a personalized financial transaction card from a customer at the printing location, transmitting via the processor personally identifying information of the customer and card information t...