ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,326, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Smart Packaging Solutions (Rousset, France).
"Chip card with biometric sensor" was invented by Damien Aubert (Rousset, France) and Turelier Mathieu (Rousset, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a portable communicating object (20) the operating mode of which is a contact or contactless mode, or a hybrid mode which is both contact and contactless, said object comprising a body (50) having external protective layers (15, 16) and an insert (40) placed between said protective layers, said insert (40) comprising a substrate (41) bearing a first electronic component (11; 60...