ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,851, issued on June 10, was assigned to BIC Violex Single Member S.A. (Anoixi, Greece).

"Drawing substrate" was invented by Nikolaos Chrysanthakopoulos (Anoixi, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a first aspect, the present disclosure relates to a substrate 100 comprising an adhesive, a hygroexpansible material 110 and a hygroinert ink 120. In a second aspect, the present disclosure relates to a system comprising: a substrate 100 comprising a hygroexpansible material 110 and an adhesive. Further the system according to the second aspect comprises a writing instrument comprising an ink cartridge comprising a hygroinert ink 120."...