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 |
| 5292756 | Novel sulfonamide fibrinogen receptor antagonists A series of non-peptide derivatives of the formula ##STR1## that are antagonists of the fibrinogen IIb/IIIa receptor and thus are platelet anti-aggregation compounds useful in the prevention and treatment of diseases caused by thrombus formation.... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5281585 | Fibrinogen receptor antagonists for inhibiting aggregation of blood platelets Fibrinogen receptor antagonists of the formula: ##STR1## are disclosed for use in inhibiting the binding of fibrinogen to blood platelets and for inhibiting the aggregation of blood platelets.... | 01/25/1994 |