For pen manufacturers and distributors, however, the real news was that Biro had filed a patent, which meant that the company that bought the rights ought to be able to corner the ballpoint market.

In an era of tablets, touchscreens, and keyboards, there’s something timeless – and quietly powerful – about the humble ballpoint pen. So is it any wonder, then, that June 10 marks National ...

Ballpoint technology was invented in the 1800s, but Uni-ball (originally the Masaki Pencil Manufacturing Company, founded in the late 19th century) didn’t produce its first ballpoint pen until 1959.

June 10 is National Ballpoint Pen Day (as well as, for some reason, National Iced Tea Day). The inventor of the ballpoint pen was Hungarian journalist Laszlo Biro, who was also a hypnotist ...

A 20-year-old Army hero is being credited with saving the life of a Texas man after he crafted a makeshift medical device out of a ballpoint pen to perform a lifesaving maneuver.

The pen may be mightier than the sword, but when Jewish-Hungarian journalist László Bíró invented the ballpoint pen in the 1930s clichéd sayings were probably the last thing on his mind. In ...

First, there was quill and ink. Then the fountain pen, followed by the ballpoint pen. Now, we can add something new to the history books: the compostable pen. [Photo: courtesy CRA-Carlo Ratti ...

Ladislao José Biro: Five things you might not know about the inventor of the pen The ballpoint pen was borne after Biro noticed the speed at which newspapers were printed and how quickly the ink ...

Asuka Sato, a Japanese ballpoint pen artist, drew 29,249 mini smiley faces over six days to see how long it would take her to use up all the ink in a pen.

New York parents are being warned that illegal vaping devices disguised as school supplies — including highlighters, USB drives and ballpoint pens — are being peddled just in time for fall.

Rollerball pens use a thinner, water-based ink to get that runny feel, but ballpoint inks rely on organic compounds as the carrier—often one of these two.