ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,210, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Shaft body of pencil or cosmetic" was invented by Ryota Kubo (Fujioka, Japan) and Satoru Banzai (Fujioka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaft body for a pencil lead (including a color pencil lead) or a shaft body for a cosmetic such as a rod-shaped cosmetic including an eye liner, an eyebrow pencil, or an eye shadow, which has the same ease of shaving as a conventional wood shaft and has a low impact on the environment. The shaft body for a pencil or a cosmetic according to the present disclosure is a shaft body for a pencil or a cosmetic consti...