ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,191, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Alishan Hassan (Great Falls, Va.).
"Card-shaped pen" was invented by Alishan Hassan (Great Falls, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card shaped pen (13) with retractable pen tips designed to be stored in the card slot of a wallet, purse, and other credit card or business card holders. The shape is optimized to make it easy to slide in and out of a card slot and to make it comfortable for a user to hold. Each of the pen tips (7) have their own ink cartridge and sliding switches, enabling the use of multiple colors in the pen. Each pen tip is extended and retracted using its sliding switch (1)...