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...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 |
| 7087571 | Alkyl polyglycoside derived sulfosuccinates The invention relates to a series of polyglycoside derivatives that contain water-soluble sulfosuccinate groups introduced into the molecule by reaction with the hydroxyl groups present in the starting polyglycoside molecule, with the chloro material. The preferred ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084129 | Antimicrobial quaternary surfactants based upon alkyl polyglycoside The invention relates to a series of polyglycoside derivatives that contain water-soluble cationic groups introduced into the molecule by reaction with the hydroxyl groups present in the starting polyglycoside molecule, with an epoxy cationic material. The materials... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7045506 | Personal care applications of surfactants based upon alkyl p lyglycosides The invention relates to a series of polyglycoside derivatives that contain water-soluble groups introduced into the molecule by reaction with the hydroxyl groups present in the starting polyglycoside molecule, with the chloro material. The preferred products have m... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7008930 | Non-ionic surfactants based upon alkyl polyglucoside The invention relates to a series of polyglycoside derivatives that contain water-soluble groups introduced into the molecule by reaction with the hydroxyl groups present in the starting polyglycoside molecule. The preferred products have more than one water-soluble... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6958315 | Amphoteric surfactants based upon alkyl polyglucoside The invention relates to a series of polyglycoside derivatives that contain water-soluble groups introduced into the molecule by reaction with the hydroxyl groups present in the starting polyglycoside molecule. The preferred products have more than one water-soluble... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6881710 | Personal care products based upon surfactants based upon alkyl polyglucoside quaternary compounds The present invention relates to personal care products based upon a novel series of polyglucoside quarternary compounds. These materials are surprisingly, extremely effective multi-functional surfactants used in shampoos and body wash products, providing the possib... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6878682 | Capped nonionic surfactants The invention relates to a series low foaming capped non-ionic surfactants. These compounds by virtue of reacting the terminal hydroxyl group with methallyl chloride, have increased stability in alkali, lower high cloud points and can be reacted via free radical tec... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6869977 | Skin moisturization compound The present invention discloses a series of quaternary nitrogen compounds in which the four groups surrounding nitrogen are (a) one glyceryl portion, (b) two methyl groups and (c) a hydroxy ethyl group. The compound of the present invention is an outstanding moistur... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6841640 | Multifunctional phosphate polymers The present invention deals with the composition, and application of novel phosphate polymers. The polymeric compounds are useful as emulsifying agents, softening, anti-tangle, and conditioning agents for use in personal care applications due to their outstanding mi... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6800741 | Alkoxylated surfactants based upon alkyl polyglycoside The invention relates to a series of polyglycoside derivatives that have improved water-solubility by introducing into the molecule polyoxyalkylene groups like polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene. The compounds are very mild detergents and emulsifiers. ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6331293 | Dimer amidopropyl dimethyl phospholipids as barrier compounds The present invention relates to compounds and, more particularly, to a class of compounds having specific quaternized amine based upon a dimer acid amido amine linked to specific phosphate esters. Dimer acid is a C-36 diacid having a cyclic structure and... | 12/18/2001 |
