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Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2021
Applicant:

American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Troy Patrick Williams, New York, NY (US);

Peter Bates, West Newton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/02 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); C04B 35/64 (2006.01); C04B 35/80 (2006.01); B32B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/02 (2013.01); B32B 9/005 (2013.01); C04B 35/64 (2013.01); C04B 35/80 (2013.01); G06K 19/07722 (2013.01); B32B 2425/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A transaction card that includes a card body that can include a ceramic material. The card body can include a primary surface and a secondary surface, a laser marked feature disposed on the card body and a laser etched feature disposed on the card body. A method of making a transaction card can include forming a ceramic material slurry comprising a ceramic material and a binder, forming a green body from the ceramic material slurry, firing the green body at a firing temperature to create a fired ceramic body, grinding the fired ceramic body into a card body, and polishing a primary surface of the card body.


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