US Patent Issued to Entrust on Aug. 18 for "Card printing mechanism with card return path" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,348, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Entrust Corp. (Shakopee, Minn.).

"Card printing mechanism with card return path" was invented by Brian Beech (Shakopee, Minn.), Thomas J. Wagener (Shakopee, Minn.) and Timothy J. Flitsch (Shakopee, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Card processing mechanisms and methods whereby after a card has been processed on one surface thereof at a card processing station such as, but not limited to, a card printing mechanism, the card can be recirculated back upstream of the card processing station along a return card travel path that is separate from the primary card travel path through the card proce...