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CPI Card Group Inc. (PMTS)

Nasdaq: PMTS · Commercial Printing · Littleton, CO · filing with the SEC since 2015
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

54 patents granted to the 8 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to CPI Card Group Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
54
53 utility, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
2
Against 5 in 2024 and 4 in 2023
Applications published
50
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
IT methods for management4
Surface technology, coating4
Other consumer goods3
Handling3
Computer technology2
Digital communication2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
CPI CARD GROUP-COLORADO, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
38 granted
13 published
CPI CARD GROUP - COLORADO, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
22 published
CPI Card Group, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
6 published
CPI CARD GROUP-TENNESSEE, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
2 published
Arroweye Solutions, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
0 published
CPI CARD GROUP-MINNESOTA, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
1 published
CPI CARD GROUP - MINNESOTA, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
CPI CARD GROUP - TENNESSEE, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Mar 18, 202512,254,370Recovered plastic cardsSurface technology, coatingCPI CARD GROUP-COLORADO, INC.
Feb 4, 202512,217,115Recovered plastic cardsSurface technology, coatingCPI CARD GROUP-COLORADO, INC.
Sep 3, 202412,079,788System and method for instant issue of personalized financial transaction cardsIT methods for managementCPI CARD GROUP-TENNESSEE, INC.
Aug 13, 202412,061,945Illuminable weighted cardComputer technologyCPI CARD GROUP-COLORADO, INC.
May 14, 202411,983,591Recovered plastic cardsSurface technology, coatingCPI CARD GROUP-COLORADO, INC.
May 14, 202411,983,590Recovered plastic cardsSurface technology, coatingCPI CARD GROUP-COLORADO, INC.
Feb 20, 202411,905,089Ultrasecure card packageHandlingCPI CARD GROUP-MINNESOTA, INC.
Nov 21, 202311,820,166Cards with non-visible production indicia and related systemsOther consumer goodsCPI CARD GROUP-COLORADO, INC.
Jun 27, 202311,687,894System and method for instant issue of personalized financial transaction cardsIT methods for managementCPI CARD GROUP-TENNESSEE, INC.
Feb 21, 202311,587,159Bridge application for user pin selectionDigital communicationCPI CARD GROUP-TENNESSEE, INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Apr 17, 20252025/0124247RECOVERED PLASTIC CARDSSurface technology, coatingCPI CARD GROUP - COLORADO, INC.
Nov 21, 20242024/0386406SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANT ISSUE OF PERSONALIZED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARDSIT methods for managementCPI CARD GROUP - TENNESSEE, INC.
Aug 8, 20242024/0265228ILLUMINABLE WEIGHTED CARDComputer technologyCPI CARD GROUP - COLORADO, INC. · patent 12,061,945 granted from it
Aug 1, 20242024/0256819RECOVERED PLASTIC CARDSSurface technology, coatingCPI CARD GROUP - COLORADO, INC. · patent 12,217,115 granted from it
Jul 25, 20242024/0249105RECOVERED PLASTIC CARDSSurface technology, coatingCPI CARD GROUP - COLORADO, INC. · patent 12,254,370 granted from it
Sep 28, 20232023/0306229RECOVERED PLASTIC CARDSSurface technology, coatingCPI CARD GROUP - COLORADO, INC. · patent 11,983,591 granted from it
Aug 17, 20232023/0259905SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANT ISSUE OF PERSONALIZED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARDSIT methods for managementCPI CARD GROUP - TENNESSEE, INC. · patent 12,079,788 granted from it
May 19, 20222022/0153495ULTRASECURE CARD PACKAGEHandlingCPI CARD GROUP - MINNESOTA, INC. · patent 11,905,089 granted from it
Apr 21, 20222022/0121895RECOVERED PLASTIC CARDSSurface technology, coatingCPI CARD GROUP - COLORADO, INC. · patent 11,983,590 granted from it
Feb 24, 20222022/0055814TAMPER EVIDENT CARD PACKAGE AND METHODOther special machinesCPI CARD GROUP - MINNESOTA, INC.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Surface technology, coating 3 · Computer technology 1 · IT methods for management 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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