ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,564, issued on April 14, was assigned to SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONS (Rousset, France).
"Biometric smartcard module" was invented by Robert Mueller (Riemerling, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit module is provided for post-lamination implanting into a smartcard body. The integrated circuit module includes a contact plate, a biometric sensor, a secure element, and means for electrical connection to an antenna embedded within the smartcard body. The secure element includes contact and contactless communication logic, and is configured to perform at least one smartcard function utilising the biometric sensor."...