White Out

Wite-Out is a registered trademark for a brand of correction fluid, originally created for use with photocopies, and manufactured by the BIC corporation.

History[edit]

Wite-Out dates to 1966, when Edwin Johanknecht, an insurance-company clerk, sought to address a problem he observed in correction fluid available at the time: a tendency to smudge ink on photostatic copies when it was applied. Johanknecht enlisted the help of his associate George Kloosterhouse, a basement waterproofer who experimented with chemicals, and together they developed their own correction fluid, introduced as 'Wite-Out WO-1 Erasing Liquid'.

In 1971, they incorporated as Wite-Out Products, Inc. The trademark 'Wite-Out' was registered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on February 5, 1974.^[1] The application listed the date of 'first use in commerce' as January 27, 1966.

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Early forms of Wite-Out sold through 1981 were water-based and hence water-soluble. While this allowed simple cleaning, it also had the problem of long drying times. The formula also did not work well on non-photostatic media such as typewritten copy.

The company was bought in 1981 by Archibald Douglas. Douglas, as chairman, led the company toward solvent-based formulas with faster drying times. Three different formulas were created, each optimized for different media. New problems arose: a separate bottle of thinner was required, and the solvent used was known to contribute to ozone depletion. The company addressed these problems in July 1990 with the introduction of a reformulated 'For Everything' correction fluid.

The French corporation Société Bic acquired Wite-Out Products in 1992.^[2]

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In 2017, sales of Wite-Out grew nearly 10 percent globally with AdWeek suggesting that the increase in sales was due to artists using the fluid as paint.^[3]

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References[edit]

1. ^'Word Mark WITE-OUT'. USPTO. 1974. Retrieved 2006-09-27. Registration Number 0978134
2. ^'Acquisition of Wite-Out® 1992'. BICWorld. Société BIC S.A. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
3. ^Graham, David A. (2019-03-19). 'Who Still Buys Wite-Out, and Why?'. The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-03-20.

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