ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,846, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Smart Packaging Solutions (Rousset, France).

"Electronic antenna module optimised for a chip card with a dual communication interface" was invented by Sebastien Marmugi (Rousset, France), Stephan Danler Baumgartner (Rousset, France) and Guillaume Gerin (Rousset, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an electronic module for a chip card, comprising a substrate having, on a first face, a terminal block of electrical contacts that are standardized according to the ISO 7816 standard enabling an operation by contact with the corresponding contacts of a chip card reader and con...