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 |
| 6833146 | Powered beverage mix with rapidly dissolving calcium The present invention provides a powdered beverage mix, comprising i) flavor(s), ii) calcium hydroxide, iii) citric and/or malic acid and, iv) a sugar selected from sucrose, fructose, glucose, and combinations thereof, wherein the ratios of acid/sugar and sugar/calc... | 12/21/2004 |
| 7300670 | Oral suspension formulation An aqueous pharmaceutical suspension for oral administration of a drug, which suspension maintains its content uniformity for prolonged period. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7138151 | Calcium-fortified acidic beverages Calcium-fortified acidic beverages that are stable against calcium precipitation when stored for prolonged period at room temperature and elevated temperatures. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7101572 | Taste masked aqueous liquid pharmaceutical composition A substantially taste masked liquid pharmaceutical composition containing a pharmaceutically effective amount of an unpleasant tasting drug dissolved or dispersed in an aqueous excipient base, said excipient base comprising polyvinyl pyrrolidone and/or copolyvidone,... | 09/05/2006 |
