Patents
US 8181789 B1: Retail packaging for transaction cards
- Granted
- 2012-05-22
- Filed
- 2010-01-29 application 12696742
- Type
- Utility · 8 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Retail packaging for a transaction card includes a carrier for retaining the transaction card, a transparent encasement enclosing the carrier, literature containing information associated with the transaction card placed within the encasement, and means for hanging the packaging within a retail environment. The encasement may take on a variety of forms, including having a curved outer surface forming a cavity within the encasement. The carrier may also take on a variety of forms, including forms having a main surface and a device for elevating the transaction card off the main surface to create a visual effect that the transaction card is floating within the encasement. The packaging may further include a panel that at least partially obscures the transaction card from view.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg120522.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Dot Corporation 13 patents | US company or organization | Monrovia, CA | GREEN DOT CORPORATION Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state GREEN DOT CORP SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael L. Casella | Glendale, CA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Steven William Streit | Pasadena, CA | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Eduardo A. Becerril | Lynwood, CA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mark Troughton | Los Angeles, CA | 12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| R. Matthew Kohler | San Francisco, CA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A45C | Purses; luggage; hand carried bags | A45C11/182 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B65D | Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages | B65D73/0014 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-10 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2024-10-10 | GREEN DOT CORPORATION MONROVIA, CA | 68870/246 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2019-10-11 | Security interest Security interest Notice of grant of security interest in patents | GREEN DOT CORPORATION signed 2019-10-10 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CHARLOTTE, NC | 50712/158 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2019-10-11 | Release of security interest Termination and release of security interest in patents | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2019-10-10 | GREEN DOT CORPORATION PASADENA, CA | 50711/799 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-10-27 | Security interest Security interest Notice of grant of security interest in patents | GREEN DOT CORPORATION signed 2014-10-23 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT DALLAS, TX | 34060/392 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2010-04-19 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BECERRIL, EDUARDO A. signed 2010-03-08 CASELLA, MICHAEL L. signed 2010-03-08 TROUGHTON, MARK TIMOTHY signed 2010-03-15 STREIT, STEVEN W. signed 2010-03-19 KOHLER, R. MATTHEW signed 2010-04-01 | GREEN DOT CORPORATION MONROVIA, CA | 24249/943 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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