US Patent Issued to BIC Violex Single Member on Feb. 24 for "Writing instrument" (Greek Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,021, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BIC Violex Single Member S.A. (Anoixi, Greece).

"Writing instrument" was invented by Ion-Ioannis Antonakis (Anoixi, Greece), Anargyros Karakalas (Anoixi, Greece), Dimosthenis Tsagkrasoulis (Anoixi, Greece) and Nikolaos Chrysanthakopoulos (Anoixi, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for monitoring hand movements of a writing instrument's user, comprising: providing an electromyography sensor on the user's wrist or hand; monitoring hand movements of the user during a writing session with the writing instrument by reading sensors of...