US Patent Issued to BIC Violex Single Member on June 3 for "Writing instruments" (Greek Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,083, issued on June 3, was assigned to BIC Violex Single Member S.A. (Anoixi, Greece).

"Writing instruments" was invented by Panagiotis Kopelas (Anoixi, Greece) and Georgios Katsikas (Anoixi, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A writing instrument may include a barrel having a longitudinal axis, a cartridge, a writing tip, a self-retracting and sealing system for sliding the cartridge inside the barrel between a first position wherein the writing tip extends outside the barrel and a second position wherein the writing tip is retracted, the system comprising a button configured to move the cartridge between the first and the second ...