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US 11,443,159 B2Granted
Biodegradable payment card with embedded plant seeds
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsBenal Johnson, William Carroll
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Abstract
Aspects described herein may allow for a payment card assembly including a payment card having a first surface and an opposed second surface, and being formed of a biodegradable plastic. A Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) chip may be removably secured to the payment card. One or more plant seeds may be embedded in the payment card.
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A payment card assembly comprising:
- a payment card having a first surface, an opposed second surface, and being formed of a plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic;
- a Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) chip removably secured to the payment card;
- and
- one or more plant seeds embedded in a first layer of the plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic,
- wherein at least one plant seed is embedded partially in the first layer of the plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic and partially in a second layer of the plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic, the second layer being adjacent to the first layer.
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A payment card assembly comprising:
- a payment card having a first surface, an opposed second surface, and being formed of a plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic;
- a Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) chip removably secured on the first surface of the payment card;
- a magnetic strip removably secured on the second surface of the payment card;
- and
- one or more plant seeds embedded in a first layer of the plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic,
- wherein at least one plant seed is embedded partially in the first layer of the plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic and partially in a second layer of the plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic, the second layer being adjacent to the first layer.
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A payment card assembly comprising:
- a payment card having a first surface, an opposed second surface, a first recess formed in the first surface, a second recess formed in the second surface, and being formed of a plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic;
- a Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) chip removably secured in the first recess;
- and
- a magnetic strip removably secured in the second recess;
- and
- a plurality of plant seeds embedded in a first layer of the plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic,
- wherein at least one plant seed is embedded partially in the first layer of the plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic, and partially in a second layer of the plurality of layers of biodegradable plastic, the second layer being adjacent to the first layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.