B43K 7/00
Ball-point pens
Official title: Ball-point pens ({B43M11/085 takes precedence}; multiple-point writing implements B43K27/00)
B43K7/00 (Ball-point pens) appears on 889 US grants and 735 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B43K- Granted patents
- 889
- Published applications
- 735
- Assignees
- 259
- Inventors
- 1,181
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | 6 |
| 2002 | 31 | 13 |
| 2003 | 20 | 32 |
| 2004 | 27 | 36 |
| 2005 | 29 | 54 |
| 2006 | 42 | 35 |
| 2007 | 22 | 41 |
| 2008 | 36 | 49 |
| 2009 | 33 | 41 |
| 2010 | 33 | 46 |
| 2011 | 40 | 30 |
| 2012 | 27 | 22 |
| 2013 | 21 | 17 |
| 2014 | 18 | 18 |
| 2015 | 23 | 46 |
| 2016 | 25 | 24 |
| 2017 | 31 | 31 |
| 2018 | 28 | 24 |
| 2019 | 26 | 33 |
| 2020 | 29 | 25 |
| 2021 | 19 | 16 |
| 2022 | 18 | 28 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 |
| 2024 | 22 | 19 |
| 2025 | 21 | 19 |
| 2026 | 5 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Writing implement29 Sep 2026US 12,746,776 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation
- Oil-based ballpoint pen16 Jun 2026US 12,654,483 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation
- Retractable writing utensil7 Apr 2026US 12,594,782 B2Sakura Color Products Corporation
- Drawing material container cartridge and drawing material container set24 Mar 2026US 12,583,248 B2Tokiwa Corporation
- Writing instrument part, method for manufacturing writing instrument part, and writing instrument10 Feb 2026US 12,545,047 B2Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
- Oil-in-water ink composition for writing utensils3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258263 A1Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
- Rollable pen13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233551 A1
- Oil-in-water ink composition for writing utensils9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193480 A1Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
- Oil-based ink composition for ballpoint pen9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193481 A1Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
- Smart pen2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184101 A1The Codder Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Printer consumable cartridge165US 6,290,349 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2001
- Multicolor writing and painting instruments with multiple, bundled, hard, wear-resistant nibs106US 8,403,577 B2University of Southern California · 2013
- System for data transfer81US 6,822,639 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2004
- Method and system for note taking77US 6,681,045 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2004
- Ergonomic hand-held implement59US 5,470,162 A1995