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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Wells Fargo Bank, N.a., San Francisco, CA (US);
Kristine Ing Kushner, Orinda, CA (US);
John T. Wright, Benicia, CA (US);
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a transaction instrument includes a body that defines a first face and a second face, a chip assembly comprising an integrated circuit chip, an aperture in a portion of the body that provides access to a portion of the transaction instrument, and an attachment mechanism configured to secure the chip assembly at least partially within the body and hold the chip assembly substantially flush with the first face of the body. At least one of the body, the attachment mechanism, or a portion of the chip assembly is designed to fail in response to a force applied via the aperture in the body, and wherein the failure of the at least one of the body, the attachment mechanism, or the portion of the chip assembly, destroys the integrated circuit chip of the transaction instrument.