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  2. Ballpoint pen - Wikipedia

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    A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro [1] (British English), ball pen (Hong Kong, Indian, Indonesian, Pakistani, and Philippine English), or dot pen [2] (Nepali English and South Asian English), is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a metal ball at its point, i.e., over a "ball point".

  3. László Bíró - Wikipedia

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    László József Bíró (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈlaːsloː ˈjoːʒɛf ˈbiːroː]; né Schweiger; 29 September 1899 – 24 October 1985), Hispanicized as Ladislao José Biro, was a Hungarian-Argentine inventor who patented the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen. The first ballpoint pen had been invented roughly 50 years ...

  4. John J. Loud - Wikipedia

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    Loud's patent of the ballpoint pen, 1888. Keenly interested in inventing, on October 30, 1888, Loud obtained the first patent (US #392,046) for a ballpoint pen [6] when attempting to make a writing instrument that would be able to write on leather products, which then-common fountain pens could not. Loud's pen had a small rotating steel ball ...

  5. Nathan A. Zepell - Wikipedia

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    Zepell spent 9-years trying to promote his pen inventions, including a ballpoint pen with a rocking side clip that retracted and extended the writing point. To fasten the pen in a shirt pocket, the clip had to be moved outward from the barrel, automatically retracting the ballpoint, which prevented the pen's ink from leaking in a shirt pocket.

  6. Milton Reynolds - Wikipedia

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    Milton Reynolds (1892–1976), an American entrepreneur, was born "Milton Reinsberg" in Albert Lea, Minnesota.He is most famously known for the manufacture and introduction of the first ballpoint pen to be sold in the U.S. market in October 1945.

  7. Why Bic, the maker of ballpoint pens and shaving sticks ... - AOL

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    To be fair, Bic’s portfolio does include tech products, such as the cloud-connected, smart, and reusable notebooks made by Rocketbook, a company it acquired in 2020.

  8. Reynolds International Pen Company - Wikipedia

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    "Reynolds Rocket" pen was introduced at Gimbel’s department store in New York City, selling $100,000 worth of pens on the first day. [2] Demand in 1945 was running 30,000 pens per day, making it America's #1 ballpoint pen. [3] However, within three years the price of the pen went from $12.50 to 50¢.

  9. Skilcraft - Wikipedia

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    The federal government awarded around $220,000 in contracts to 36 workshops to manufacture the mops and brooms. [20] By 1939, NIB expanded to sell pillowcases, sanitary swabs, and fiber door mats. [21] Later, pens and office supplies were introduced. [22] NIB supplied the government with 70 million ballpoint pens a year by 1969. [23]