US Patent Issued to SOCIETE BIC on May 12 for "Replaceable cartridge for a writing instrument and method thereof" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,482, issued on May 12, was assigned to SOCIETE BIC (Clichy, France).

"Replaceable cartridge for a writing instrument and method thereof" was invented by Etienne Michenaud (Clichy, France) and Claude Pedrez (Clichy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replaceable cartridge including a body extending between a first end and a second end along an axis (A-A), a reservoir defined within the body, the reservoir configured to store a writing material, a barrier included at the second end of the body, the barrier configured to transition from a first state in which the barrier is capable of containing the writing material within the reser...