ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,612, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Digital fountain pen and system and method of utilizing the same" was invented by Milen Dimitrov Metodiev (Sofia, Bulgaria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital fountain pen includes a nib with two tines made of a flexible material that defines a slit, wherein its slit width varies according to the pressure applied to the nib and/or the orientation of the digital fountain pen relative to a writing surface. The digital fountain pen also includes a sensor module configured to measure the variable slit width, an orientation detection module configured to determin...