Patents by Inventor Kenneth L. LeBlanc

Kenneth L. LeBlanc has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Magnetic card protection system
    Patent number: 4851610
    Abstract: A protective device for protecting the information on magnetically encoded areas of plastic cards comprising strips of a ferro-magnetic amorphous composition having a metal-glass characteristic situated adjacent and covering the magnetically encoded areas on either side so as to redirect any corrupting electromagnetic and statomagnetic fields. In a preferred embodiment, the protective strips are incorporated in a card holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Integrated Card-Gard Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth L. LeBlanc, Gavin M. Hall