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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| 20060117616 | Promotional badge holding apparatus A promotional apparatus for use in holding badges and other forms of identification includes a first housing, a second housing, an extendable and retractable cord that tethers the first and second housings together, and a badge holder secured to the second housing. The ... | 06/08/2006 |
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| 20050044024 | Systems, methods and computer program products for providing tax-deferred liquidity to owners of highly concentrated positions in equity securities An investment strategy for high net worth persons whose wealth is concentrated in security holdings is provided. An underwriter accepts deposits of equity securities into an exchange fund from owners. Each owner is provided with a respective ownership position in the ex... | 02/24/2005 |
