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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2024
Capital One Services, Llc, McLean, VA (US);
Tyler Maiman, Melville, NY (US);
Kevin Osborn, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Joshua Edwards, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
A payment instrument comprising a bottom layer; one or more intermediate layers, wherein at least one of the one or more intermediate layers comprises: a chip comprising a processor and memory; an antenna coupled with the chip; an absorbent medium; and one or more reservoirs comprising beads, each of the beads comprising dyes of one or more colors, the beads configured to release the dyes onto the absorption medium. The dyes cure on the absorption medium at a rate based on a curing agent applied to the absorbent medium or included in beads of the reservoirs. The payment instrument may also comprise a top layer having at least a partially translucent portion above the absorption medium, wherein the absorption medium is at least partially visible through the at least one partially translucent portion.