With Surface Texture Or Pattern Patents (Class D19/47)
Lateral striation (Class D19/48)
Longitudinal striation (Class D19/49)
Diagonal striation (Class D19/50)
  • Flexible grip with promotional indicia and handheld articles incorporating same
    Patent number: 6296409
    Abstract: Finger grips having tactile, promotional indicia extending outwardly therefrom that can facilitate the grasping of various handheld devices including, but not limited to, writing instruments, hand tools, and the like, are provided. A finger grip includes an elongated tube of resilient, deformable material that is configured to fit snugly around an elongated portion of a handheld article. Tactile promotional indicia in the form of raised lettering extends outwardly from the finger grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Adstracts, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Cherry, Robert A. Jones
  • Marker assembly
    Patent number: 6161975
    Abstract: A marker assembly which includes a first end cap, a first marker body, and a second end cap, each component having a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion of the first marker body nests within the rear portion of the first end cap. The front portion of the second end cap nests within the rear portion of the first marker body. The formation results in a predetermined interconnected marker configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: EK Success, Ltd.
    Inventor: Timothy J. Clarke
  • Writing instruments with thermochromic liquid crystal coatings
    Patent number: 6017594
    Abstract: Writing instruments are provided with thermochromic liquid crystal coatings which may be covered by acrylic polymer coatings. The underlying coatings are protected by an outer protective barrier lacquer coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: J.R. Moon Pencil Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Sheets
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D436996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Izushima
  • Writing utensil
    Patent number: D437887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Porsche Design Produkte Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche
  • Pen
    Patent number: D438565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Inventor: Christopher Ramsey
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D438566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: rou-bill Produktion Theo Nagel GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Theo Nagel
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D441015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Izushima
  • Scope double click pen
    Patent number: D442225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: Charles Richard Lewis, Jr.
  • Span double click pen
    Patent number: D442991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: John W. Smith
  • Binary double click pen
    Patent number: D443644
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Richard Lewis, Jr., John W. Smith
  • Barrel for a writing instrument
    Patent number: D445455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Juri Saito
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D446242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Sanford GmbH
    Inventor: Heinrich Stukenkemper
  • Needle pen
    Patent number: D448047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: Charles Richard Lewis, Jr.
  • Ball-point pen
    Patent number: D452526
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Nishida
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D452878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: BIC Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Candelora, Barry Chadwick, Michael Kent, Roger F. Lockshier, Charles McCaffrey
  • Pen design
    Patent number: D453186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Factor Product GmbH
    Inventor: Boris Simon
  • Pen design
    Patent number: D453531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Factor Product GmbH
    Inventor: Boris Simon
  • Ball-point pen
    Patent number: D454588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Takanashi
  • Capped two piece pen
    Patent number: D455174
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Conrad Stanley Traut, Charles Richard Lewis, Jr., John Smith
  • Highlighter
    Patent number: D455175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Pro Eton Corporation
    Inventor: Cho-Kai Hu
  • Correcting fluid dispenser
    Patent number: D455176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Pro Eton Corporation
    Inventor: Cho-Kai Hu
  • Grip for a writing implement
    Patent number: D373143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Little People Limited
    Inventor: Vivienne D. Jagger
  • Writing pen
    Patent number: D377051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Itoya of America, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun Takemura
  • Disposable paint stylus
    Patent number: D379473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: DMDN, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Vincent DeLorenzo, Jeff Bisch
  • Writing instrument head
    Patent number: D385301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Inventor: Wen Chung Wang
  • Ballpoint pen
    Patent number: D387088
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Sunmex Import Corporation
    Inventor: Yu-chin Tseng
  • Feather pencil
    Patent number: D390262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Inventor: Lisa Deborah Frank
  • Ballpoint pen
    Patent number: D391292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Inventor: Wen-jui Kuo
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D392317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz Ruffer
  • Pen
    Patent number: D395674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Inventor: Maria Boix Gacia
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D396057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Inventor: Carl Bistrack
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D397150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Izushima
  • Nail set
    Patent number: D398494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: The Stanley Works
    Inventors: Dudley V. Bickford, Kenneth D. Neves
  • Pen
    Patent number: D401278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Inventor: James Hu
  • Pen shaver
    Patent number: D404528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Inventor: Wai Tse Wong
  • Mechanical pencil
    Patent number: D404763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Pentel Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Shimizu
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D407437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Inventor: Gerhard Worther
  • Double dab ink dauber
    Patent number: D410673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Inventors: Becky B. Martin, Shelly D. Nellis
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D410952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Pentech International Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick B. Hadtke, Linda El-Fakir
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D414202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Inoxcrom, S.A.
    Inventor: Ferran Pellissa Beneyto
  • Pen
    Patent number: D420046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Hermey GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Herwig Meyer, Mark Meyer
  • Writing implement
    Patent number: D423049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventor: Jens Kohlhase
  • Pen cap
    Patent number: D425124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Inventor: We-Chin Chen
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D426572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: James L. Salemme, Paul Clark, Chris Hageman, Robert Marvin
  • Fountain pen
    Patent number: D427238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Inoxcrom, S.A.
    Inventor: Ferran Pellissa Beneyto
  • Ballpoint pen
    Patent number: D427240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Fawaz Gruosi
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D431599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Izushima
  • Pen with cap
    Patent number: D432167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Ebel S.A.
    Inventor: Ben Chodat
  • Writing implement
    Patent number: D433705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventor: Jens Kohlhase