B43K 1/00
Nibs
Official title: Nibs (continuously adjustable nibs B43K17/00); Writing-points (for indicating or recording apparatus G01D15/16)
B43K1/00 (Nibs) appears on 393 US grants and 268 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B43K- Granted patents
- 393
- Published applications
- 268
- Assignees
- 149
- Inventors
- 658
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 5 |
| 2002 | 11 | 3 |
| 2003 | 6 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11 |
| 2006 | 10 | 14 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 11 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17 |
| 2010 | 5 | 11 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9 |
| 2013 | 10 | 14 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7 |
| 2015 | 11 | 12 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7 |
| 2017 | 9 | 14 |
| 2018 | 10 | 12 |
| 2019 | 13 | 17 |
| 2020 | 15 | 12 |
| 2021 | 11 | 18 |
| 2022 | 9 | 19 |
| 2023 | 17 | 14 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 |
| 2025 | 15 | 9 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electronic pen and electronic pen core body21 Jul 2026US 12,687,938 B2Wacom Co., Ltd.
- Oil-based ballpoint pen16 Jun 2026US 12,654,483 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation
- Oil-based ink composition for ballpoint pens and ballpoint pen employing the same14 Apr 2026US 12,600,875 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation
- Brass alloy for writing instrument tips13 Jan 2026US 12,522,014 B2Societe BIC
- Porous cap felt pen25 Nov 2025US 12,479,232 B2BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
- Oil-in-water ink composition for writing utensils9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193480 A1Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
- Smart pen2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184101 A1The Codder Co., Ltd.
- Multi-point writing instruments13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346061 A1ZuMedia Inc.
- High laydown writing tool dispensing a pigmented non-aqueous ink9 Oct 2025US 2025/0313709 A1Societe BIC
- Marking instrument2 Oct 2025US 2025/0303779 A1BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multicolor writing and painting instruments with multiple, bundled, hard, wear-resistant nibs106US 8,403,577 B2University of Southern California · 2013
- Polyethylene terephthalate sheath/thermoplastic polymer core bicomponent fibers, method of making same and products formed therefrom74US 5,620,641 AAmerican Filtrona Corporation · 1997
- Polyethylene terephthalate sheath/thermoplastic polymer core bicomponent fibers, method of making same and products formed therefrom73US 5,607,766 AAmerican Filtrona Corporation · 1997
- Fabrication of small dense silicon carbide spheres68US 4,551,436 AGeneral Electric Company · 1985
- Polyethylene terephthalate sheath/thermoplastic polymer core bicomponent fibers, method of making same and products formed therefrom67US 5,633,082 AAmerican Filtrona Corporation · 1997