Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermo-sensitive payment card
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Application No.: US17840438Application Date: 2022-06-14
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Publication No.: US11861438B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Kyle Fletcher , Ashutosh Dhodapkar
- Applicant: Block, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Block, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Block, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: FIG. 1 Patents
- Main IPC: G06K19/07
- IPC: G06K19/07 ; G06K19/077

Abstract:
Technology is described for providing and using a thermo-sensitive payment card. An example payment card comprises a card substrate and a personalization layer overlaying the card substrate. The personalization layer includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The first region includes an account number associated with an account of a user, and the account of the user is maintained by a payment service system that issues the payment card. At least one of the first region or the second region comprises a thermochromic ink such that application of heat to the first region or the second region having the thermochromic ink causes a change in color of the personalization layer so as to reveal the account number.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230004772A1 Thermo-Sensitive Payment Card Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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