Laszlo Biro was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame in 2007 for developing this type of pen in the 20th century
The Bic Cristal is a popular disposable type of ballpoint pen 
whose design is... [DOC] [TLE] Michael Owens to be inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame - The Blade [PAR] Apr 4, 2007 ... Michael Owens to be inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame ... than a century ago, 
will be posthumously inducted into the National Inventors ... including Laszlo Biro 
(ball-point pen), John Browning (breech-loading rifle), ...