Patent ID: 9269032
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B42D,G06K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A transaction card associated with a user account and used for financial transactions, the transaction card comprising: a plurality of substantially planar sheets having front and back surfaces bounded by a continuous peripheral edge; and a recordable medium for storing information relating to a transaction account, wherein the recordable medium comprises a microchip; wherein a first outer-most layer and a second outer-most layer of the plurality of substantially planar sheets comprises a glass material, wherein at least one of the plurality of substantially planar sheets comprises a pocket in which the microchip is embedded, wherein at least one of the plurality of substantially planar sheets comprises an infrared-blocking layer recognizable by an optical card reader, and wherein the infrared-blocking layer covers an inner surface of at least one selected from a group consisting of the first outer-most layer and the second outer-most layer.