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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090151278 | FLOORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING INVOLVING A CORRUGATED MEMBER AND A PANEL FLOORING MEMBER A first description of a flooring system includes; a corrugated member containing metal and having ribs and valleys; a panel flooring member positioned over the ribs; and a fastener attaching the flooring member to one of the ribs. Each rib has a maximum transverse widt... | 06/18/2009 |