ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,568, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to THALES DIS FRANCE SAS (Meudon, France).
"Metallic foil card and manufacturing thereof" was invented by Stephane Karafotis (St Maximin la Ste Baume, France) and Sebastien Subra (Auriol, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method of manufacturing a data carrier, in particular a smartcard, comprising steps for providing at least one carrier body, and providing at least one metallic foil. The method further comprises the step of providing at least one transferring element being at least temporarily in connection with the metallic foil. The metallic foil is transferred from the transfe...