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3M employee and church chorister Art Fry needed something to temporarily mark pages in his hymnal. He was in luck because his colleague, Spencer Silver, accidentally developed a glue that was too weak for other purposes. After initially discouraging consumer response, Post-it Notes became a hit in 1979.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062435 | Phosphating operation Operational problems such as scale and sludge formation which are encountered in phosphating processes using compositions containing zinc and at least one of Ni, Co, or Zn may be alleviated by maintaining an effective level of dissolved iron cations in such composit... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7816434 | UV-curing anti-fingerprinting coatings Process for the production on metal or plastic surfaces of thin, hydrolysis-resistant, scratch-resistant and stain-resistant coatings, wherein the coating material can be applied directly to the cleaned metal surface and subsequently cross-linked by high-energy radi... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7699940 | Flushing solutions for coatings removal A flushing composition comprising 50% to 95% by weight n-butanol, 0.1% to 3% by weight of a primary amine alkoxylate, and one or more secondary solvents. The flushing composition can also include 0.005% to 0.5% by weight of an aminated organic fatty acid compound fo... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7595288 | Antimicrobial metal working fluids Aqueous alkaline metal working fluids and concentrates thereof and processes for their use are disclosed. Processes to reduce the presence of Mycobacteria in a metal working environment are also disclosed. ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7510859 | Subtilisin variants with improved perhydrolase activity The invention relates to novel perhydrolases, derived from the protease Carlsberg by amino acid exchange in positions 11, 15, 21, 38, 50, 54, 58, 77, 83, 89, 93, 96, 107, 117, 120, 134, 135, 136, 140, 147, 150, 154, 155, 160, 161, 171, 179, 180, 181, 194, 205, 208, ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7488765 | Gum adhesive based on a filled polymer dispersion A filled gum adhesive useful for producing remoistenable layers contains fillers, protective colloids, and a (co)polymer, wherein the (co)polymer is prepared by polymerizing one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of a dispersion of protective... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7482316 | Water-based flushing solution for paints and other coatings This invention relates to cleaning compositions for removing paint and other coatings from surfaces and methods of making and using the cleaning compositions. ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479288 | Nanoparticulate preparation The invention relates to nanoparticulate preparations containing at least one mixed metal oxide in the form of supramagnetic, nanoscale particles, methods for heating such a preparation, and methods for producing and dissolving adhesive compounds of the basis of sai... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7439305 | Hot-melt adhesive Hot-melt adhesives containing at least one aromatic modified polyethylene and/or polypropylene (co)polymer, a further ethylene or propylene/C4 to C20 alpha-olefin copolymer, and at least one tackifying resin are useful for the adhesive bonding of package and paperbo... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432381 | 1,3-oxathiolane-2-thione compounds The present invention relates to 1,3-oxathiolane-2-thione compounds of the general formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different, each of which denotes a straight-chain or branched alkoxy re... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422629 | Nonsludging zinc phosphating composition and process Electrolysis using a suitable electrolyte provides a completely nonsludging zinc phosphate conversion coating process that produces a high quality conversion coating in a very short time. The suitable electrolyte contains at least water, dissolved nitric acid, and d... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419564 | Binding agents having barrier properties Binding agents having barrier properties are provided which contain: a) a compound having at least one NCO group and at least one reactive functional group, which can be cured by radiation and which serves as component (A), and; b) a silicon-organic compound serving... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7389894 | Dispenser for a cream-type material or material which can be deposited by applying it to a surface Disclosed is a dispenser for a cream-type material or material which can be deposited by applying it to a surface, comprising a chamber with a discharge opening for receiving and storing said material, a spindle which is rotationally and longitudinally -axially arra... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388044 | Coatings with enhanced water-barrier and anti-corrosive properties The invention provides high solids epoxy-based autodeposition coating materials that have improved moisture barrier properties and/or anti-corrosive properties and a means to obtain the high solids epoxy-based autodeposition coating materials that eliminates/minimiz... | 06/17/2008 |
| D567918 | Air freshener | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364221 | Reduction of vibration transfer A thermally expandable material is provided that, once expanded, has a Young's storage modulus E′ between 0.1 MPa and 1000 MPa, a loss factor of at least 0.3 (preferably, at least 1) and preferably a shear storage modulus G′ between 0.1 MPa and 500 MPa at a temp... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7348029 | Surface-modified zinc oxide for the production of nanoparticulate dispersions The present invention relates to a surface-modified nanoscale zinc oxide, where the surface modification involves coating with an oligo- or polyethylene glycol acid. This surface-modified zinc oxide is characterized in that it forms stable dispersions in a liquid me... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337788 | Compositions useful for cleaning solvent-based paint from paint delivery installations Uncured solvent-based paint may be flushed from a paint delivery installation using a substantially non-aqueous composition containing one or more organic solvents and a polymer having acid and/or amine functional groups. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335629 | Support-fixed bleaching catalyst complex compounds suitable as catalysts for peroxygen compounds The present invention relates to support-fixed bleaching catalyst(s)suitable or the catalysis of peroxide compounds, characterized in that the support-fixed bleaching catalyst(s) is/are covalently bonded to a support by means of at least one organic ligand of the bl... | 02/26/2008 |
| D562404 | Correction roller | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320887 | Alkaline protease variants The invention relates to novel alkaline protease variants. These variants have, when enumerating the alkaline protease from Bacillus lentus, variations in amino acid position 61, positions 199 and/or 211 and, optionally, at least one modification that contrib... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311973 | Adhesive with multistage curing and the utilization thereof during the production of composite materials The invention relates to an adhesive containing two components A and B, whereby component A comprises both a functional group which can be polymerized by means of irradiation with UV beams as well as at least one functional group which is able to react with a compou... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300996 | Reactive hot melt adhesive One-component moisture-curing hot melt adhesive compositions based on reaction products from di- or polyisocyanates and polyether-polyols, crystalline or partly crystalline polyester-polyols and low molecular weight polymers from olefinically unsaturated monomers an... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297756 | Melt-adhesives for sealing off rocks or building materials Polyamide hot-melt adhesives based on the reaction products of polymeric fatty acids, C14-C18 monocarboxylic acids, C6-C12 dicarboxylic acids and diamines which do not contain any water-extractable, environmentally toxic c... | 11/20/2007 |
| D555201 | Roller pen | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294210 | Use of substituted hydroxylamines in metal phosphating processes Alkyl-substituted hydroxylamines are useful as aids in the phosphating of metal substrates. In particular, the rate of phosphating and the rate at which manganese compounds are dissolved into aqueous phosphoric acid solutions may be accelerated by alkyl-substituted ... | 11/13/2007 |
| D554183 | Liquid correction pen | 10/30/2007 |
| 7268178 | Pressure sensitive adhesive composition A hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which, as a result of the use of a hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-butylene-styrene block copolymer, has improved properties in respect of immediate adhesion and also the removal of the hot-melt pressure-sensitive ad... | 09/11/2007 |
| D550341 | Humidity absorber | 09/04/2007 |
| D549102 | Container | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259207 | Single-component polyurethane adhesive A pasty single component polyurethane adhesive is provided. The NCO terminated polyurethane prepolymer is substantially linear, contains from 2.0% to 8.0% based on the weight of the prepolymer, of highly disperse silica and up to 10% by weight, based on the weight o... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253244 | Fast setting 1k-polyurethane glue A one-pack polyurethane adhesive containing a polyisocyanate prepolymer and at least one aminoether polyol, having a molar ratio of ether groups to amino nitrogen in the aminopolyether polyol of 7 to 30. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247685 | Zero valent metal initiated gas-phase deposition polymerization The present invention relates to a method for preparing polymers by gas-phase deposition polymerization, initiated by a zero valent metal and an initiator. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244277 | Oxidation colorant in a tube Keratinic fibers are colored by a two-component composition for coloring keratinous fibers comprising a first preparation (A) comprising at least one oxidation dye precursor and a second preparation (B) comprising at least one care component, wherein the two prepara... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238407 | Multi-layer reinforcing laminate Multi-layer laminates are provided which contain at least two binder layers and at least two textile-containing layers. One binder layer faces a substrate to be reinforced, with a second binder layer between two textile-containing layers wherein one of the textile-c... | 07/03/2007 |
| D545218 | Container with closing device | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232082 | Dispenser bottle for at least two active fluids A dispenser bottle comprising two receptacles for two (preferably different) fluid active substances wherein both receptacles have outlets arranged next to one another in such a way that both active fluids can be applied to a common application field. The receptacle... | 06/19/2007 |
| D544358 | Container | 06/12/2007 |
| D544613 | Candle holder | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229506 | Process for pickling martensitic or ferritic stainless steel A process for pickling martensitic or ferritic stainless steel, preferably in the form of wires, tubes or rods, wherein the stainless steel is placed in contact with a pickling solution which has a temperature in the range 15 to 29° C. and contains 50 to 120 g/l of... | 06/12/2007 |
