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Writing instrument patent drawing, 1945
US 2,390,636Writing instrument1945

PD-63 · US 2,390,636

Writing instrument

László Bíró's ballpoint pen, 1945 — quick-drying ink on a rolling ball, the pen that replaced the fountain.

Inventor
László József Bíró
Patented
December 11, 1945

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PD-63 · US 2,390,636 · Filed June 17, 1943 ·

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