US 11,718,124 B2
Body for a writing, tracing, drawing or coloring pencil
Julien Gouerec, Boulogne-sur-Mer (FR)
Assigned to Société BIC, Clichy (FR)
Appl. No. 17/274,325
Filed by Société BIC, Clichy (FR)
PCT Filed Sep. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/073816
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/049148, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18306178 (EP), filed on Sep. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0394549 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B43K 19/14 (2006.01); C08L 67/04 (2006.01)
CPC B43K 19/14 (2013.01) [C08L 67/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A pencil body for a writing, tracing, drawing or coloring pencil, the body having a composition comprising, by weight, with respect to a total weight of the body:
between 50% and 95% of a mixture of polylactic acid and polybutylene succinate in a ratio by weight of polylactic acid/polybutylene succinate that is between 90/10 and 60/40 and
between 5% and 50% of a filler that comprises an organic filler and does not comprise SiO2.