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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 |
| 5986015 | Method of making graft polymers Disclosed is an improved method of making hydrophobic and hydrophilic graft polymers, which method comprises the steps of (a) reacting copolymerizable monomers to form an organic polymeric backbone having a weight average molecular weight of from about 15... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5916546 | Deodorant cosmetic stick compositions A cosmetic stick deodorant composition comprising: a. from about 0.5% to about 10.0% of the cosmetic stick deodorant composition of an astringent metal salt active; b. a stable, anhydrous base component comprising: i. from about 5% to about 40% of the cos... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5431940 | Preparation of noncarbonated beverage products with improved microbial stability The noncarbonated beverage products have a pH of between 2.5 and 4.5 and contain from about 900 ppm to about 3000 ppm of a polyphosphate; from about 400 ppm to about 1000 ppm of a preservative selected from of sorbic acid, benzoic acid, alkali metal salts... | 07/11/1995 |
