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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2021
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
James Bruce Coleman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A transaction card can be manufactured from rigid materials, such as glass, stone, or ceramics. The transaction card can have a first rigid layer having a first external surface and a first internal surface, with a pocket within the first external surface of the first rigid layer. The transaction card can have a second rigid layer having a second external surface and a second internal surface. A binding layer can be located between the first rigid layer and the second rigid layer can affix the first rigid layer to the second internal layer. An integrated circuit chip can be affixed within the pocket of the first rigid layer. A rim can extend from the first external surface of first rigid layer around a first edge of the first rigid layer and a second edge of the second rigid layer and onto the second external surface of the second rigid layer.