Patents by Inventor Michele Logan

Michele Logan 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).

  • Publication number: 20240386235
    Abstract: A transaction card having a metal layer, an opening in the metal layer for a transponder chip, and at least one discontinuity extending from an origin on the card periphery to a terminus in the opening. The card has a greater flex resistance than a card having a comparative discontinuity with the terminus and the origin the same distance from a line defined by a first long side of the card periphery in an absence of one or more strengthening features. Strengthening features include a discontinuity wherein one of the terminus or the origin are located relatively closer to the first long side of the card periphery than the other, a plurality of discontinuities wherein fewer than all extend from the card periphery to the opening, a self-supporting, non-metal layer disposed on at least one surface of the card, or one or more ceramic reinforcing tabs surrounding the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: CompoSecure, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Patent number: 12093772
    Abstract: A transaction card having a metal layer, an opening in the metal layer for a transponder chip, and at least one discontinuity extending from an origin on the card periphery to a terminus in the opening. The card has a greater flex resistance than a card having a comparative discontinuity with the terminus and the origin the same distance from a line defined by a first long side of the card periphery in an absence of one or more strengthening features. Strengthening features include a discontinuity wherein one of the terminus or the origin are located relatively closer to the first long side of the card periphery than the other, a plurality of discontinuities wherein fewer than all extend from the card periphery to the opening, a self-supporting, non-metal layer disposed on at least one surface of the card, or one or more ceramic reinforcing tabs surrounding the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CompoSecure, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Publication number: 20230316035
    Abstract: A transaction card having a metal layer, an opening in the metal layer for a transponder chip, and at least one discontinuity extending from an origin on the card periphery to a terminus in the opening. The card has a greater flex resistance than a card having a comparative discontinuity with the terminus and the origin the same distance from a line defined by a first long side of the card periphery in an absence of one or more strengthening features. Strengthening features include a discontinuity wherein one of the terminus or the origin are located relatively closer to the first long side of the card periphery than the other, a plurality of discontinuities wherein fewer than all extend from the card periphery to the opening, a self-supporting, non-metal layer disposed on at least one surface of the card, or one or more ceramic reinforcing tabs surrounding the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: CompoSecure, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Patent number: 11710024
    Abstract: A transaction card having a metal layer, an opening in the metal layer for a transponder chip, and at least one discontinuity extending from an origin on the card periphery to a terminus in the opening. The card has a greater flex resistance than a card having a comparative discontinuity with the terminus and the origin the same distance from a line defined by a first long side of the card periphery in an absence of one or more strengthening features. Strengthening features include a discontinuity wherein one of the terminus or the origin are located relatively closer to the first long side of the card periphery than the other, a plurality of discontinuities wherein fewer than all extend from the card periphery to the opening, a self-supporting, non-metal layer disposed on at least one surface of the card, or one or more ceramic reinforcing tabs surrounding the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Composecure, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Publication number: 20220230044
    Abstract: A transaction card having a metal layer, an opening in the metal layer for a transponder chip, and at least one discontinuity extending from an origin on the card periphery to a terminus in the opening. The card has a greater flex resistance than a card having a comparative discontinuity with the terminus and the origin the same distance from a line defined by a first long side of the card periphery in an absence of one or more strengthening features. Strengthening features include a discontinuity wherein one of the terminus or the origin are located relatively closer to the first long side of the card periphery than the other, a plurality of discontinuities wherein fewer than all extend from the card periphery to the opening, a self-supporting, non-metal layer disposed on at least one surface of the card, or one or more ceramic reinforcing tabs surrounding the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: CompoSecure, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Patent number: 11301743
    Abstract: A transaction card having a metal layer, an opening in the metal layer for a transponder chip, and at least one discontinuity extending from an origin on the card periphery to a terminus in the opening. The card has a greater flex resistance than a card having a comparative discontinuity with the terminus and the origin the same distance from a line defined by a first long side of the card periphery in an absence of one or more strengthening features. Strengthening features include a discontinuity wherein one of the terminus or the origin are located relatively closer to the first long side of the card periphery than the other, a plurality of discontinuities wherein fewer than all extend from the card periphery to the opening, a self-supporting, non-metal layer disposed on at least one surface of the card, or one or more ceramic reinforcing tabs surrounding the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CompoSecure, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Publication number: 20200364531
    Abstract: A transaction card having a metal layer, an opening in the metal layer for a transponder chip, and at least one discontinuity extending from an origin on the card periphery to a terminus in the opening. The card has a greater flex resistance than a card having a comparative discontinuity with the terminus and the origin the same distance from a line defined by a first long side of the card periphery in an absence of one or more strengthening features. Strengthening features include a discontinuity wherein one of the terminus or the origin are located relatively closer to the first long side of the card periphery than the other, a plurality of discontinuities wherein fewer than all extend from the card periphery to the opening, a self-supporting, non-metal layer disposed on at least one surface of the card, or one or more ceramic reinforcing tabs surrounding the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: CompoSecure, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Patent number: 10762412
    Abstract: A transaction card having a metal layer, an opening in the metal layer for a transponder chip, and at least one discontinuity extending from an origin on the card periphery to a terminus in the opening. The card has a greater flex resistance than a card having a comparative discontinuity with the terminus and the origin the same distance from a line defined by a first long side of the card periphery in an absence of one or more strengthening features. Strengthening features include a discontinuity wherein one of the terminus or the origin are located relatively closer to the first long side of the card periphery than the other, a plurality of discontinuities wherein fewer than all extend from the card periphery to the opening, a self-supporting, non-metal layer disposed on at least one surface of the card, or one or more ceramic reinforcing tabs surrounding the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Composecure, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Patent number: 10089570
    Abstract: In a smart card having an antenna structure and a metal layer, an insulator layer is formed between the antenna structure and the metal layer to compensate for the attenuation due to the metal layer. The thickness of the insulator layer affects the capacitive coupling between the antenna structure and the metal layer and is selected to have a value which optimizes the transmission/reception of signals between the card and a card reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: COMPOSECURE, LLC
    Inventors: John Herslow, Michele Logan, David Finn
  • Publication number: 20170300800
    Abstract: In a smart card having an antenna structure and a metal layer, an insulator layer is formed between the antenna structure and the metal layer to compensate for the attenuation due to the metal layer. The thickness of the insulator layer affects the capacitive couplilng between the antenna structure and the metal layer and is selected to have a value which optimizes the transmission/reception of signals between the card and a card reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: JOHN HERSLOW, MICHELE LOGAN, DAVID FINN
  • Patent number: 9721200
    Abstract: In a smart card having an antenna structure and a metal layer, an insulator layer is formed between the antenna structure and the metal layer to compensate for the attenuation due to the metal layer. The thickness of the insulator layer affects the capacitive coupling between the antenna structure and the metal layer and is selected to have a value which optimizes the transmission/reception of signals between the card and a card reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: COMPOSECURE, L.L.C.
    Inventors: John Herslow, Michele Logan, David Finn
  • Patent number: 9646234
    Abstract: A transaction card has a substructure consisting at least in part of a layer of fibrous material, such as carbon fiber strands or filaments, arranged in a pre-selected pattern, such as a weave pattern, that is at least partially enclosed by a transparent plastic film. A sheet is laminated on each of two opposing faces of the substructure to form a transaction card core. One or both of the sheets laminated on the opposing faces of the substructure is also made of a transparent material, and one or both of the two opposing faces of the transaction card core can be printed. An over-laminate film, such as a transparent polyvinyl chloride plastic film, can be laminated on each of two opposing faces of the transaction card core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Citicorp Credit Services, Inc. (USA)
    Inventors: Todd S. Thomson, John Herslow, Michele Logan
  • Patent number: 9440481
    Abstract: A transaction card has a substructure consisting at least in part of a layer of fibrous material, such as carbon fiber strands or filaments, arranged in a pre-selected pattern, such as a weave pattern, that is at least partially enclosed by a transparent plastic film. A sheet is laminated on each of two opposing faces of the substructure to form a transaction card core. One or both of the sheets laminated on the opposing faces of the substructure is also made of a transparent material, and one or both of the two opposing faces of the transaction card core can be printed. An over-laminate film, such as a transparent polyvinyl chloride plastic film, can be laminated on each of two opposing faces of the transaction card core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Citicorp Credit Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Herslow, Michele Logan
  • Patent number: D854083
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: James H. Cameron, Jr., Michele Logan, Dori Kimmelman Skelding
  • Patent number: D864293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: COMPOSECURE, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Patent number: D879196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: COMPOSECURE, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Patent number: D943669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: COMPOSECURE, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Patent number: D943670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: COMPOSECURE, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Patent number: D944322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: COMPOSECURE, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Patent number: D944323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: COMPOSECURE, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain