| US 7,588,184 B2 | ||
| Metal-containing transaction card and method of making the same | ||
| Priscilla Gandel, Long Branch, N.J. (US); Ellen Lasch, New York, N.Y. (US); and Lisa Ann Morrill Webb, Darien, Conn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 27, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/44,662. | ||
| Application 11/044662 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/749006, filed on Dec. 30, 2003, granted, now 7,530,491. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/437938, filed on Jan. 03, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0102729 A1, May 18, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—380 [235/492; 235/488; 235/451] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A transaction card comprising:
a first surface and a second surface;
at least one layer comprising metallic titanium;
a pocket disposed in the at least one layer comprising metallic titanium,
wherein the pocket has four side surfaces and a bottom surface; and
embossed characters punched into the transaction card within the pocket and protruding from the second surface of the transaction
card.
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