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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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20050197074 | RFID tag and method of manufacturing the same A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and method of manufacturing the same. In a preferred embodiment, the RFID tag includes a radio frequency (RF) inlay, the RF inlay including a carrier sheet, an antenna printed on the carrier sheet and a wireless communication ... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050124387 | Portable apparatus user interface The portable electronic apparatus includes a housing (202) having a keypad (206), a rotary input device (204), a display (208), a navigation input device (210), and a speaker (212). The display is located in-between the rotary i... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050064919 | Twist-type mobile terminal and hinge device thereof A twist-type mobile terminal includes a lower housing portion having a key pad; an upper housing portion having a display unit; and a hinge device for twist-rotating the upper housing portion while the lower housing portion and upper housing portion are folded and unfol... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050054321 | Patch antenna integrated in a wristwatch There is disclosed a wristwatch (21) including a middle part (22) defining a middle plane (Y), conductive means (35, 36) for attaching the wristband (32) to the middle part, a radio-frequency module (27) arranged inside the middle part... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050009497 | Dual-mode transmitter for railroad crossings A transmitter receivable by broadcast band receivers in nearby vehicles, comprising a first signal generator for simultaneously providing a plurality of selectively spaced carriers having frequency spacings corresponding to the individual channels of the band to be cove... | 01/13/2005 |
