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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Applicants:
Société Bic, Clichy, FR;
Bic Violex Single Member S.a., Anoixi, GR;
Inventors:
Loic Folgoas, Clichy, FR;
Georgios Georgakis, Anoixi, GR;
Assignees:
SOCIÉTÉ BIC, Clichy, FR;
BIC Violex Single Member S.A., Anoixi, GR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 30/142 (2022.01); B43K 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 30/1426 (2022.01); B43K 8/003 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract
A writing instrument comprising a body having an axis, a writing tip, a reservoir and at least one visual mark being a specific mark for augmented reality applications, the at least one visual mark being configured to be hidden/visible when the writing tip is distant from a writing surface and to be respectively visible/hidden when the writing tip is in contact with a writing surface, at least a portion of the body being configured to allow the at least one visual mark to adopt two states, visible and hidden configuration.