ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,547, issued on May 26, was assigned to Smart Packaging Solutions (Rousset, France).

"Chip card with optimized coupling antennas and method for the production thereof" was invented by Guillaume Guerin (Rousset, France), Luc Lefebvre (Rousset, France) and Stephan Danler Baumgartner (Rousset, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments relate to chip cards with optimized coupling antennas and methods for the production thereof. An example contactless or mixed contact and contactless chip card includes a chip card body and an antenna insert interposed between outer layers of the chip card body. The antenna insert includes a ...