ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,575, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Fiserv Inc. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Card attachment system and method" was invented by Joel Harris (Missouri Valley, Iowa), Ray Stuck (Omaha, Neb.), Jon Gates (Honey Creek, Iowa), Corey Dean Tunink (Blair, Neb.) and Jay E. Greene III (Bellevue, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a transaction card reader configured to detect an identifier of a transaction card to be affixed to a card carrier, a card carrier reader configured to detect an identifier of the card carrier, a transaction card stager comprising a plurality of compartments each configured to hold a transaction card,...