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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Société Bic, Clichy, FR;
Inventors:
Julien Lintermy, Clichy, FR;
Carine Bethouart, Clichy, FR;
Assignee:
SOCIÉTÉ BIC, Clichy, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B43K 1/00 (2006.01); B43K 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B43K 1/003 (2013.01); B43K 5/1836 (2013.01);
Abstract
A free-ink writing instrument mat include a nib drying delay component to prevent drying out of the end of the nib of the writing instrument that is located in the writing ink tank thereof. The nib drying delay component is locally arranged around the end of the nib in a liquid tight manner and configured to locally retain ink therein so as to keep the nib end in contact with locally retained ink.