Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7962592 | System and method for network management A part of the elements discovered in a network are chosen to be monitored, and a user such as a network administrator is allowed to appropriately monitor desired elements. A network management server collects information on elements in the network, and displays coll... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7660290 | System and method for visualizing traffic and path in network Systems and methods for visualizing traffic coming in from outside to a network to be managed and being sent out of the network. An information presentation apparatus acquires traffic information regarding a traffic specified in accordance with a user's instruction,... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660256 | System and method for monitoring label switched path in network Systems and methods for providing a network monitoring tool for appropriately grasping a setup state of a label switched path (LSP) in a network. A monitoring apparatus comprises a communication unit that communicates with a router among a plurality of routers in th... | 02/09/2010 |
