ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,579, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AE Creative Concepts Co. Ltd. (Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong).
"Writing utensil with opposing magnets" was invented by Hanqi Xu (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A writing utensil such as a pen having multiple magnetic members along its barrel. The magnetic members have opposite polarity so as to drive each other away. One of the magnetic members may be bonded to the barrel while the other extends around it to form a ring with an inner circumference large to allow it to move along the barrel between the bonded magnetic member and a capturing mechanism at a top end of the barrel. The capt...