1)The ballpoint pen was inspired by the newspaper printing press. As a newspaper editor in Budapest, Biro, born in 1899, became aware of how efficiently newspapers were printed and how fast the ...

In 1945, the first successful ballpoint pen went on sale in the United States and Britain. Initially seen as an expensive novelty, the Biro soon went on to become not only a part of our everyday ...

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.

Except for one thing. Reynolds International Pen Co. decided to manufacture their own version, and get it out to stores first. Eversharp’s legal attempts to stop them failed, and 70 years ago ...

You may not realise this but the humble ballpoint pen, used by millions of people around the world every day, is less than eight decades old. Jump to content. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

Arguably the most important invention for the written word since the printing press, the humble biro pen is 70 years old. By John Bingham 15 June 2008 • 7:50pm .

Ladislao José Biro, who is honored in today’s Google Doodle for what would have been his 117th birthday, invented something mundane but transformative: the modern ballpoint pen.

The Bíro pen was patented in 1938. The rest is history. The ballpoint pen is still often called a “biro” in several countries , including the U.K., Ireland, Australia and Italy.

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.