Hungarian inventor Lázló Bíró, living in Argentina in the 1930s, patented the first satisfactory model of the ballpoint pen, known as the “biro” or “birome,” in 1938. The pen became popular in Great Britain in the 1940s, when the British government licensed the design and Miles Martin Pen Co. began manufacturing it for the Royal Air Force for use at high altitudes.
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