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...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 |
| 8162139 | Sharps disposal system A sharps disposal system for safely collecting and disposing of medical sharps includes a cabinet defining an enclosure for receiving a removable used sharps receptacle therein. The cabinet includes a passageway through which sharps may be deposited in the sharps re... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158562 | Delayed hydrocarbon gel crosslinkers and methods for making and using same A cross-link delaying or retarding composition, a cross-linking system including the cross-link delaying or retarding composition, or a fracturing fluid including a cross-linking system and a cross-link delaying or retarding composition are disclosed along with meth... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8106656 | Superconducting loop, saddle and birdcage MRI coils New MRI coil and resonators are disclosed based solely on superconducting inductive element and built-in capacitive elements as well as hybrid superconducting-metal inductive and capacitive elements having superior SNR. Single and multiple small animal MRI imaging u... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7976925 | Cross-laminate of oriented films, method of manufacturing same, and coextrusion die suitable in the process New cross-laminates are formed of films of which at least two are uniaxially or unbalanced biaxially oriented, in which the main direction of orientation in one of these films crosses the main direction of orientation in the other one, having modifications, made in ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7932214 | Foamed gel systems for fracturing subterranean formations, and methods for making and using same An aqueous, foamable composition useful for formation fracturing is disclosed, which includes an ionically coupled gel system. These compositions are well suited in fracturing formation where there are insufficient or non-existent hydration units. Methods for making... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7897831 | Method for solidifying high moisture sludge, solidified sludge therefrom A method for treating a high water content sludge is disclosed, where the method includes mixing into the high water content sludge, an effective amount of an ash composition. The effective amount of the ash composition is sufficient to convert a portion of the slud... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7861188 | Electric device control apparatus and methods for making and using same An electrical switch apparatus including a movement sensitive form is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a motion sensor and a processing unit, where motion on, near or about the motion sensor is translated into output commands adapted for list scrolling, ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7859264 | Superconducting loop, saddle and birdcage MRI coils capable of simultaneously imaging small nonhuman animals New MRI coil and resonators are disclosed based solely on superconducting inductive element and built-in capacitive elements as well as hybrid superconducting-metal inductive and capacitive elements having superior SNR. Single and multiple small animal MRI imaging u... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7830047 | Linear motor geometry for use with persistent current magnets An electrically powered launcher is disclosed that can accelerate small payloads to orbital velocities. The invention uses a novel geometry to overcome limitations of other design, and allows full exploitation of existing superconducting materials. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829510 | Sand aggregating reagents, modified sands, and methods for making and using same A composition for treating solid materials is disclosed, where the treating compositions coats surfaces or portions of surfaces of the solid materials changing an aggregation or agglomeration propensity of the materials. Treated solid materials are also disclosed. T... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7799946 | Process for separating methacrolein from methacrylic acid in a gas phase product from the partial oxidation of isobutene A system and process for separating methacrolein (MA) from methacrylic acid (MAA) and acetic acid in the gas phase product from partial oxidation of isobutylene (IB) in two oxidation steps is disclosed. The process and system maximize recovery of all three component... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7767628 | Method for foaming a hydrocarbon drilling fluid and for producing light weight hydrocarbon fluids A hydrocarbon drilling fluid system is disclosed including a hydrocarbon fluid and a foaming composition, where the foaming composition includes a polymer, a gelling agent and its cross-linking agent, an optional foaming agent, or mixtures or combinations thereof. U... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7732367 | Catalyst for methacrolein oxidation and method for making and using same A catalyst for oxidation of unsaturated and/or saturated aldehyde to unsaturated acids is disclosed where the catalyst including at least molybdenum (Mo), phosphorus (P), vanadium (V), bismuth (Bi), and a first component selected from the group consisting of potassi... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7685821 | System and process for base load power generation A system and process are disclosed for converting thermal energy into power from three different compositional streams of a multi-component working fluid, one of the streams being a lean working fluid stream pressurized into its super-critical state before being vap... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7655611 | Structural family on non-ionic carbohydrate based surfactants (NICBS) and a novel process for their synthesis A novel composition of matter as well as a straightforward single step process for the preparation or production of said novel composition of matter is disclosed. The composition affords a new type of nonionic carbohydrate based surfactants (NICBS), a type of biodeg... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7649112 | Integrated plant for producing 2-ethyl-hexanol and methacrylic acid and a method based thereon An integrated facility is disclosed for simultaneous production of butanal and methacrylic acid products where the facility utilizes a mixed methacrolein and isobutanal stream to make methacrylic acid. The facility is also designed to utilize downstream n-butanal pr... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7634989 | Apparatus and method to pulverize rock using a superconducting electromagnetic linear motor A rock pulverizer device based on a superconducting linear motor. The superconducting electromagnetic rock pulverizer accelerates a projectile via a superconducting linear motor and directs the projectile at high speed toward a rock structure that is to be pulverize... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7598371 | Nucleic acid separation using immobilized metal affinity chromatography An immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) method for separating and/or purifying compounds containing a non-shielded purine or pyrimidine moiety or group such as nucleic acid, presumably through interaction with the abundant aromatic nitrogen atoms in the ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7565933 | Non-aqueous foam composition for gas lift injection and methods for making and using same A hydrocarbon drilling fluid system is disclosed including a hydrocarbon fluid and a foaming composition, where the foaming composition includes a polymer, a gelling agent and its cross-linking agent, an optional foaming agent, or mixtures or combinations thereof. U... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7565363 | Search engine with user activity memory A search engine is disclosed that utilizes both record based data and user activity data to develop, update and refine ranking protocols and to identify words and phrases that give rise to search ambiguity so that the engine can interact with the user to better resp... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7517447 | Sterically hindered N-methylsecondary and tertiary amine sulfur scavengers and methods for making and using same An new class of oil-soluble, sulfur scavengers or converts are disclosed where the scavengers include substantially monomeric aldehyde-amine adducts from the reaction of at least one sterically hindered primary or secondary amine and a molar excess of at least one a... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7511497 | Superconducting array of surface MRI probes An array of resonators for use in MRI and NMR is disclosed where the resonators are solid state constructs including a pair of resonating elements formed on both sides of a dielectric substrate and cooperate to form a resonator and where each resonator includes at l... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7504619 | Energetic neutral particle lithographic apparatus and process An energetic neutral particle lithographic apparatus is disclosed for replicating sub-micron and nanoscale patterns including a source producing a beam of energetic neutral particles, comprising atoms or molecules, by charge transfer scattering of energetic ions fro... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7469542 | Cascade power system A cascade power system and a method are disclosed for using a high temperature flue gas stream to directly or indirectly vaporize a lean and rich stream derived from an incoming, multi-component, working fluid stream, extract energy from these streams, condensing a ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7458218 | Cascade power system A cascade power system and a method are disclosed for using a high temperature flue gas stream to directly or indirectly vaporize a lean and rich stream derived from an incoming, multi-component, working fluid stream, extract energy from these streams, condensing a ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458217 | System and method for utilization of waste heat from internal combustion engines A system and method is disclosed to increase the efficient of internal combustion engines where the system and method converts a portion of thermal energy produced in the combustion process to a usable form of energy. If the engines are used in power generation, the... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7421935 | Barrel locking apparatus for a paintball gun Paintball or non-lethal gun or marker apparatuses are disclosed to prevent projectiles from being inadvertently discharged from a paintball or other non-lethal gun or markers. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7400021 | Thin film optical detectors for retinal implantation and methods for making and using same The present invention provides a method for capturing optical micro detectors for improved surgical handling during implantation into an eye comprising the steps of providing an optically active thin film heterostructure on a soluble substrate; forming an array comp... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392847 | Aggregating reagents, modified particulate metal-oxides, and methods for making and using same A method for treating solid materials is disclosed, where the treating compositions coats surfaces or portions of surfaces of the solid materials changing an aggregation or agglomeration propensity of the materials. Treated solid materials are also disclosed. The me... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7322306 | Apparatus for providing resistance to cargo spills A means for transportation is disclosed, where the means includes a ballistic protection structures associated with a flexible bladder cargo isolation system. A ballistic protection system for protecting means of transportation from ballistic attacks is also disclos... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7272265 | Methods for performing DAF data filtering and padding A method for padding, filtering, denoising, image enhancing and increased time-frequency acquisition is described for digitized data of a data set is described where unknown data is estimated using real data by adding unknown data points in a manner that the padding... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7231946 | Paintball refillers and method for making and using same A paintball hopper refill apparatus or loading apparatus is disclosed, which includes a body, an interior, a neck and a dispensing portion where the body is made of a flexible material, the interior is designed to be filled with a plurality of paintballs and the dis... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7212933 | Absolutely and uniformly convergent iterative approach to inverse scattering with an infinite radius of convergence A method and system for solving the inverse acoustic scattering problem using an iterative approach with consideration of half-off-shell transition matrix elements (near-field) information, where the Volterra inverse series correctly predicts the first two moments o... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7091161 | Non-metallic thread sealant and anti-seize compound having improved anti-galling properties for metal alloys An anti-seize compound is disclosed for use on surfaces of threaded connections made of speciality alloys such as high nickel or chrome ferrous alloys or other speciality alloys prone to galling under high stress conditions. The compound using a metal fluoride as th... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7067327 | Thin film optical detectors for retinal implantation and methods for making and using same The present invention provides a method for capturing optical micro detectors for improved surgical handling during implantation into an eye comprising the steps of providing an optically active thin film heterostructure on a soluble substrate; forming an array comp... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7043919 | Modular condensation and thermal compression subsystem for power systems utilizing multi-component working fluids New more efficient condensation and thermal compression subsystems for power plants utilizing multi-component fluids are disclosed that simplify the equipment needed to improve the overall efficiency and efficiency of the condensation and thermal compress subsystem.... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037494 | Formulations and methods for insect control A composition is disclosed from controlling an insect population including an insect food stuff and an insecticidally effective amount of at least one Gram negative bacteria, viable, dead or alive, and/or an extract thereof, where the composition is applied to an ar... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021060 | Power cycle and system for utilizing moderate temperature heat sources A new thermodynamic cycle is disclosed for converting energy from a moderate temperature stream, external source into useable energy using a working fluid comprising of a mixture of a low boiling component and a higher boiling component and including a higher pressu... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018845 | Method for staged oxidation for enhanced nitrogen and sulfur detection A more efficient method for combustion or oxidation of samples containing nitrogen, phosphorus and/or sulfur to their corresponding oxides is disclosed, where method uses multi-staged addition of an oxidizing agent to enhance oxidation and liberation of nitrogen, ph... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011083 | Paintball refillers and method for making and using same A paintball hopper refill apparatus or loading apparatus is disclosed, which includes a body, an interior, a neck and a dispensing portion where the body is made of a flexible material, the interior is designed to be filled with a plurality of paintballs and the dis... | 03/14/2006 |
