autopen

American  

[aw-toh-pen] / ˈɔ toʊˌpɛn /

noun

1. a machine that can automatically reproduce or imitate an autograph or personal signature with any type of pen, pencil, or marker.

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Example Sentences

He approved three group pardons based on specified criteria, not names, but then had his staff compile a pardon warrant consisting of a list of names meeting those criteria, to which staff affixed an autopen signature.

From Slate

Surely, that authority encompasses the choice of whether to use an autopen.

From Salon

As if that were not enough to settle the matter, it concluded, “the President may sign a bill within the meaning of Article I, Section 7 by directing a subordinate to affix the President’s signature to such a bill, for example by autopen.”

From Salon

In May last year, CNN did report that he signed a bill for a one-week extension for federal aviation funding using autopen.

From BBC

BBC Verify has found several instances of Biden signing pardons by hand rather than by autopen.

From BBC