− | The ''Conklin Pen Manufacturing Co.'' was officially born with this name in Toledo, Ohio, in 1901, but the company was founded by ''Roy Conklin'' as ''Self-Filling Fountain Pen Company'' in 1898 together with C. B. Gundy. The previous year ''Roy Conklin'' had registered the patent for the first working automatic filling system created for a pen. | + | The ''Conklin Pen Manufacturing Co.'' was officially born with this name in Toledo, Ohio, in [[1901]], but the company was founded by ''Roy Conklin'' as ''Self-Filling Fountain Pen Company'' in [[1898]] together with C. B. Gundy. The previous year ''Roy Conklin'' had registered the patent for the first working automatic filling system created for a pen. |