B43K 17/00
Continuously-adjustable nibs
Official title: Continuously-adjustable nibs, e.g. for drawing-pens; Holders therefor (features common to fountain pens B43K5/00)
B43K17/00 (Continuously-adjustable nibs) appears on 47 US grants and 26 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B43K- Granted patents
- 47
- Published applications
- 26
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 75
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Marking instrument8 Sep 2026US 12,728,664 B2BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
- Eyebrow contour tool7 Jan 2025US 12,185,819 B2
- Marker kit for providing marker with selectable property9 Jul 2024US 12,030,335 B2Ideo LLC
- Two-color pen17 Oct 2023US 11,787,222 B1Hainan Xingye Investment Co., Ltd.
- Nib for writing felt pen11 Jul 2023US 11,697,302 B2Societe BIC
- Marking instrument2 Oct 2025US 2025/0303779 A1BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
- Eyebrow Contour Tool9 Nov 2023US 2023/0354985 A1
- Enhanced gradient marker creating various tones26 Jan 2023US 2023/0024451 A1
- Nib for writing felt pen27 Oct 2022US 2022/0339959 A1Societe BIC
- Marker kit for providing marker with selectable property18 Aug 2022US 2022/0258525 A1Ideo LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Writing instrument having plural nibs with one being retractable50US 4,580,918 AThe Gillette Company · 1986
- Writing implement with coaxial alternately usable tips40US 5,026,189 AFirma Merz & Kreel GmbH & Co. · 1991
- Nib units for pens27US 5,813,787 AEsselte UK Limited · 1998
- Nib conversion unit26US 5,651,627 AEsselte N.V. · 1997
- Pressure modulated free ink marker for producing variable line width22US 6,488,429 B22002