ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,298, issued on March 17, was assigned to LINXENS HOLDING (Mantes-la-Jolie, France).

"Printed circuit for integration into a smart card, smart card with such a printed circuit and reel-to-reel tape for use in a fabrication process of a smart card" was invented by Yean-Wei Yeap (Singapore) and Cindy Ng (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates in various aspects to a printed circuit for integration into a smart card, a smart card with such a printed circuit and to a reel-to-reel tape for use in a fabrication process of a smart card, wherein the reel-to-reel tape comprises a plurality of such printed circuit. In some ...