B43K 1/08
Nibs: with ball points
Official title: with ball points; Balls or ball beds {(B43M11/085 takes precedence)}
B43K1/08 (Nibs: with ball points) appears on 179 US grants and 110 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B43K- Granted patents
- 179
- Published applications
- 110
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 325
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 6 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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
- Ink composition for water-based ballpoint pen14 Oct 2025US 12,441,899 B2Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
- Aqueous ink composition for reversibly thermochromic writing instrument, and refill and aqueous ballpoint pen incorporating aqueous ink composition for reversibly thermochromic writing instrument23 Sep 2025US 12,421,411 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation
- Oil-in-water ink composition for writing utensils9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193480 A1Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
- 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
- Writing instrument11 Sep 2025US 2025/0282170 A1Sanford, L. P.
- Active stylus pen14 Aug 2025US 2025/0256530 A1Zebra Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fabrication of small dense silicon carbide spheres68US 4,551,436 AGeneral Electric Company · 1985
- Preparation method for shear-thinning water-based ball-point pen inks compositions and ball-point pens employing the same37US 5,785,746 AThe Pilot Ink Co., Ltd. · 1998
- Zirconia pen balls31US 4,621,936 ACorning Glass Works · 1986
- Correction fluid dispenser with ball valve29US 5,056,949 AThe Gillette Company · 1991
- Hybrid marking instrument and writing ink composition26US 4,726,845 AParker Pen (Benelux) B.V. · 1988