US Patent Issued to Target Brands on July 14 for "Secure inserts for gift cards" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,618, issued on July 14, was assigned to Target Brands Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Secure inserts for gift cards" was invented by Christopher Brakob (Minneapolis), Donnie Tolbert (Carver, Minn.), Surjeet Bhoora (Bangalore, India) and Matthew Levy (Chanhassen, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed combinable gift card components for a gift card purchase. A gift card can include a card component having a front surface, a back surface, a window, and a first identifier, and a secure insert component having: a secure insert portion with a second identifier, teeth at a leading edge of the secure insert component to mate with corresponding...