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 |
| D660163 | Container | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167414 | Printing apparatus, system and method A printing apparatus and system for printing is disclosed. The print apparatus includes a print head, an ink reservoir, and at least one conduit for supplying ink from the ink reservoir to the print head. In an embodiment, the ink reservoir is operatively connected ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164457 | Application of radio frequency identification A method for making a container including a radio frequency identification label is provide. In an embodiment the method includes placing a radio frequency identification (RFID) label into a mold; positioning the RFID label so that an outer portion of the label is s... | 04/24/2012 |
| D656833 | Container body portion | 04/03/2012 |
| D656028 | Container body portion | 03/20/2012 |
| D655175 | Container body portion | 03/06/2012 |
| D652729 | Container body portion | 01/24/2012 |
| D651901 | Container base | 01/10/2012 |
| D651094 | Container body portion | 12/27/2011 |
| 8080295 | Plastic article A hollow plastic article having a wall with an inside wall portion and an outside wall portion, wherein a part of the outside wall portion has a slip resistant, tactile surface relative to the remainder of the outside wall portion to provide an improved gripping sur... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8069986 | Stackable container with angled neck finish A blow molded plastic container is disclosed that includes a bottom portion, a top portion and a body portion. In an embodiment, the body portion includes side portions and includes at least one side portion that has a support protrusion extending therefrom. The top... | 12/06/2011 |
| D649882 | Container body portion | 12/06/2011 |
| D649468 | Container body portion | 11/29/2011 |
| D649464 | Container body portion | 11/29/2011 |
| D648632 | Container body portion | 11/15/2011 |
| D648221 | Plastic container | 11/08/2011 |
| D648220 | Container base | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042704 | Container with measuring device holding means A container for holding a product including a holding means for removably holding a product measuring device adjacent the upper end of the container. The holding means is connected to the container and the measuring device may be replaced in the holding means to sec... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8025176 | Plastic container including a grip feature A blow molded, hollow plastic container including two opposed, relatively longer sidewall portions which alternate with two opposed, relatively shorter sidewall portions. A first of the relatively shorter sidewall portions includes a grip area, and the opposed secon... | 09/27/2011 |
| D644528 | Container | 09/06/2011 |
| D643729 | Plastic container | 08/23/2011 |
| 7959024 | Plastic container The plastic container includes a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the lower base and an upper neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall with an opening therein. The sidewall includes at least ... | 06/14/2011 |
| D637909 | Container | 05/17/2011 |
| D637908 | Container | 05/17/2011 |
| D637496 | Plastic container | 05/10/2011 |
| D637084 | Container body portion | 05/03/2011 |
| D635861 | Plastic container | 04/12/2011 |
| D635859 | Container body portion | 04/12/2011 |
| D635460 | Container body portion | 04/05/2011 |
| 7910184 | Printing plastic containers with digital images A plastic container having curved surfaces and digital printing is disclosed. An embodiment of the container provides a hollow plastic container including a multiple color, single-cured digital image on a first curved surface having a non-constant radius of curvatur... | 03/22/2011 |
| D634640 | Plastic container | 03/22/2011 |
| D633393 | Container body portion | 03/01/2011 |
| D633391 | Container body portion | 03/01/2011 |
| D632966 | Plastic container | 02/22/2011 |
| D628487 | Container body portion | 12/07/2010 |
| 7871683 | Blow molded container A blow molded container (10) having a trimmed nonround opening (12) is blow molded from a preform (36) and then positioned by a positioner (50) of a nonround trimmer (16) that includes a rotary driven arm assembly (56) havin... | 01/18/2011 |
| D630948 | Plastic container | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866073 | Plastic containers with micro-optic identification A plastic container with the sidewall thereof including a label panel and a label adhered to the label panel. The label includes micro-optics as at least part of the label to create an image of depth in the micro-optic area. ... | 01/11/2011 |
| D629696 | Plastic container | 12/28/2010 |
| D628084 | Container body portion | 11/30/2010 |