− | Particular interest come also from the development of the [[Stylomine 303D|303D]], an [[hooded nib]] model, perhaps the first ever product, its patent ({{Cite patent|FR|850525}}) in fact is from [[1938]] and anticipates several months the corresponding ({{Cite patent|US|2223541}}) [[Parker]] patent that the company seems to have, once again, beaten to the punch in terms of innovation. In this case, however, we don't known exact dates for the appearance of the model on the market, which in some cases is reported as much later.<ref>As reported in [http://web.archive.org/web/20081111115149/ http://www.stylos-francais.fr/stylomine3.php this article] the introduction would be in 1947.</ref> | + | Particular interest come also from the development of the [[Stylomine 303D|303D]], an [[hooded nib]] model, perhaps the first ever produced. Its patent ({{Cite patent|FR|850525}}) is in fact from [[1938]] and anticipates by several months the corresponding ({{Cite patent|US|2223541}}) [[Parker]] patent for the [[Parker 51|51]], but the company still had patented an hooded nib since 1932 ({{Cite patent|FR|750689}}). So the company seems to have beaten [[Parker]] in terms of innovation. In this case, however, we don't known the exact dates for the market appearance of the model, which in some cases is reported as much later.<ref>As reported in [http://web.archive.org/web/20081111115149/ http://www.stylos-francais.fr/stylomine3.php this article] the introduction would be in 1947.</ref> |