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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 |
| 8438223 | Aggregation system error handling Aggregation apparatus that comprises a computer, a display controlled by the computer, and networking hardware connecting the computer to a network. The computer is programmed so that the aggregation apparatus connects to a plurality of sites on the Internet, authen... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8428979 | Digital processing machine, article, and method for an entity holding insurance A digital data processing method, machine, and article for an entity holding insurance. The machine is configured to transform, by digital processing, data into an accounting for an entity and allocations among parties contributing permanent life insurance to the en... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8407356 | Real time communications system A computerized human communication arbitrating and distributing system, including a controller digital computer and a plurality of participator digital computers, each of the participator computers including an input device for receiving human-input information from... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8396779 | Method and machine configured to display multiple computer screens A machine and method including a computer configured to generate and display multiple computer screens. A first computer receives data representing a first component of property and a second component of the property from at least one other computer, the property be... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8352351 | Reducing accounting volatility and risk Memory storing terms of a contract for reducing accounting volatility and risk, the terms including specification of at least one measure of variation in a rate of return corresponding to a return on an investment portfolio, a variable speed of adjustment factor and... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8321372 | Computer-based system to optimize medical treatment based on consumer choice and comparative effectiveness of treatment data A process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, and improvements, illustratively as method of using a machine, the method including: storing data of a population in memory; computing, by a computer accessing the data stored in the memory, a probability of... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8321329 | Apparatus, article, and method for a specified event bond A method, machine, article for a specified event bond. The method can include: storing in memory terms of a bond indenture for a bond, the indenture including a contingent liability obligation whereby an issuer of the bond is obligated to pay to an investor in the b... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8315937 | Apparatus, article, and method for a hedged specified event bond A method, machine, article for a hedged specified event bond. The method can include: storing in memory terms of a bond indenture whereby proceeds from the bond are placed in a bankruptcy-remote entity, an investment is purchased, a risk associated with the investme... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8296360 | Aggregation system An aggregation machine, including: a computer, an output device controlled by the computer, and networking hardware connecting the computer to a network, the computer programmed so that the aggregation apparatus: connects to a plurality of sites on the Internet; and... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8285628 | Securitized pool of personal-small-aircraft mortgages system Illustratively, there can be a securitization system that is comprised of a computer or computers using a network, and a process, for the conversion of assets into marketable securities. In one embodiment, the securitization system includes a distribution system to ... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8285623 | Apparatus and process to generate output An apparatus and process, including an electronic system, the system for generating output in selling fixed income instruments, the system including a first computer system having an output device and at least one other computer system having an input device, the fi... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8278560 | Electrical device with teeth joining layers and method for making the same A multilayer electrical device, such as a printed circuit board, having a tooth structure including a metal layer set in a dielectric. The device includes a base; a conductive layer adjacent to the base; a dielectric material adjacent to conductive layer; a tooth st... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8244560 | Apparatus, article, and method for an entity holding insurance A method, machine, article for an entity holding insurance. The method can include: storing in memory terms of an agreement governing an entity in which at least two parties have contributed permanent life insurance policies to the entity in exchange for ownership i... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8209257 | System for transfering an inbound communication to one of a plurality of credit-counseling agencies A system for referring a telephone communication to one of a plurality of financial assistance providers based on lender criteria, the method including the steps of: storing telephone numbers for a plurality of financial assistance providers in memory accessible by ... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8195495 | Computer system and method for handling encounters A method of computing to produce a schedule of meetings, the method including: entering into a computer parameters defining an event of meetings of members; entering into the computer a data set for each of the members, the set including: at least one classification... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8180649 | Computer control of non-debt funding system for home finance Machine for controlling a system changing electrical signals to separately value components temporally decomposed from residential property, the computer apparatus including: a computer system, arranged for receiving information into a memory, the data representing ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8156183 | Mobile phone aggregation system An aggregation machine including: a smart phone including a display, and networking hardware connecting the smart phone to the Internet, the smart phone programmed so that the aggregation machine connects to a plurality of servers via the Internet, and then authenti... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8122080 | Aggregation system Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to di... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120147 | Current-confined heterojunction bipolar transistor A process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, and improvement thereof, and method of making and method of using the same, as well as necessary intermediates, generally relating to the field of semiconductor devices, the structure of transistors, and the st... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112476 | Cache and look ahead aggregation system Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to di... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109865 | Antiproton production and delivery for imaging and termination of undesirable cells Systems and methods for using antiprotons for terminating unwanted or undesirable cells which can be used in the treatment of conditions caused by the existence and/or proliferation of such undesirable cells. Such conditions include cardiovascular ailments, Parkinso... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108460 | Aggregation system Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to di... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103567 | Securitized reusable personal asset system Illustratively, there can be a securitization system that is comprised of a computer or computers using a network, and a process, for the conversion of assets into marketable securities. In one embodiment, the securitization system includes a distribution system to ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103517 | System and method to improve fitness training A method for creating a personalized exercise routine with at least one user interface used in connection with forming machine-readable instructions protected as private to a user subsequently carrying out the exercise routine on an exercise machine, the method incl... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095592 | Aggregation system clearing a security response Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to di... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095448 | Reducing accounting volatility A method, machine, article for reducing accounting volatility. A method can include: storing in memory terms of an agreement governing a contract, the terms including a specification of at least one measure of a variation in a rate of return corresponding to a retur... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090787 | Aggregation system for email and non-email messages Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to di... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082692 | Method of propagation and product produced thereby An improvement in a method of propagating, and an article useful in association with, or produced by, the method of propagating. Plants are produced in mats by steps including: providing a bottom net made of a material that is pervious to moisture, positioning a she... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073750 | Computer support for multi-jurisdictional investment Machine and related manufacturer controlling multi-jurisdictional investment; a computer system arranged to receive information and locate said information into a memory, the information including investment specifications and pricing data for the financial product,... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8036982 | Computer system for controlling a system of managing fluctuating cash flows Apparatus (method implemented with a machine, the machine, and the method for making the machine, and products produced thereby) for controlling a system of managing cash flows for a transaction, the apparatus including: data processing means arranged for receiving ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8015286 | Method and system to enable contact with unknown internet account holders A method of enabling a server to contact an unknown Internet account holder can begin with the server receiving a request for a resource. The server then determines whether the request for the resource warrants sending a notice, and if so, identifies a notice destin... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7983924 | System and method for third party custom offerings of electronic cards Apparatus (method implemented with a machine, the machine, and the method for making the machine, and products produced thereby). The computer system can, for example, be structured (e.g., including programmed) to carry a method including: controlling, with at least... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7908647 | Aggregation system Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to di... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908202 | Computer system to generate financial analysis output An electronic system, the system for selling fixed income instruments, the system including a second computer having an output device and at least one buyer's computer having an electrically coupled input device and a monitor, the buyer's computer and the second com... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7886000 | Aggregation system for social network sites Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to di... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882022 | Computer support for mortgage lock option A computer-aided method for carrying out an option on a loan, for example a residential mortgage loan, the method including the steps of: receiving information into a memory, the specifications defining the option on the loan, the specifications including a trigger ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7865416 | Securitized real-property-related asset system Illustratively, there can be a securitization system that is comprised of a computer or computers using a network, and a process, for the conversion of assets into marketable securities. In one embodiment, the securitization system includes a distribution system to ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860785 | Communications system to automatically refer an inbound communication A machine, computer-readable media, and method using a communications system to automatically refer an inbound communication. The communications system includes a computer and a call-routing database in a memory operably associated with the computer. The method and ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7827097 | System for transferring an inbond communication to one of a plurality of credit-counseling agencies A system for referring a telephone communication to one of a plurality of financial assistance providers based on lender criteria, the method including the steps of: storing telephone numbers for a plurality of financial assistance providers in memory accessible by ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7792729 | Computer support for multi-jurisdictional investment Machine and related manufacturer controlling multi-jurisdictional investment; a computer system arranged to receive information and locate said information into a memory, the information including investment specifications and pricing data for the financial product,... | 09/07/2010 |
