ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,484, issued on May 27, was assigned to SOCIETE BIC (Clichy, France).
"Reusable notebook including a sheet having a printed code and methods thereof" was invented by Mathieu Vandermolen (Clichy, France) and Karim Salam (Clichy, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A writing system that includes a reusable notebook including a sheet having a working surface. The working surface includes a printed code including an operative control. The writing system includes a writing instrument configured to capture images of the printed code and a computing device configured to communicate with the reusable notebook and/or the writing instrument. ...