US Patent Issued to Bic Violex Single Member on July 7 for "Blade masking foil" (Greek Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,439, issued on July 7, was assigned to Bic Violex Single Member S.A. (Anoixi, Greece).

"Blade masking foil" was invented by Christos Galanis (Anoixi, Greece), Dimitrios Efthimiadis (Anoixi, Greece), Ioannis Malliaros (Anoixi, Greece), Anestis Tsegenidis (Anoixi, Greece) and Dimitrios Sioulas (Anoixi, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A masking foil for a shaving cartridge comprising a front side, a back side, a pair of lateral sides, at least one ribbon extending along a top side of the masking foil between the front side and the back side, and a first securing portion located at one of the pair of lateral sides. The first securin...