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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 |
| 7291210 | Solid drawing material and method for producing the same Disclosed herein is a first solid drawing material comprising water, a coloring agent, a solidifying agent that is a fatty acid alkali metal salt, and an O/W type emulsion of a separating agent that is an oily material which hardly volatilizes at room temperature. T... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7128766 | Triacylglycerol based wax compositions Wax compositions that have a high triacylglycerol content are provided. The wax compositions can be used to produce candle and are particularly useful in the production of container candles. The wax compositions commonly have a melting point of about 50° C. to 57°... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6489375 | Low VOC cationic curable lithographic printing inks An Offset Lithographic Printing Process employing low VOC lithographic printing ink formulations containing monomeric diluents, curable by cationic polymerization in the presence of fountain solution and resin rheology modifiers compatible with cationic c... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6235273 | Washable non-toxic body paint for applying color to human skin A washable non-toxic body paint material is formed using two different weight polyethylene glycol waxes together with stearic acid, calcium carbonate, talc, titanium dioxide, guar gum, a preservative and a colorant. The material is formed by initially mix... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6022402 | Wax compositions comprising alkenyl succinic anhydride-capped poly (oxyalkylenated) colorants This invention relates to wax formulations comprised of specific poly(oxyalkylenated) colorants having alkenyl succinic anhydride (ASA) terminal groups. Preferably the wax formulation is a crayon. Such polymeric ASA-capped colorants provide excellent colo... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5453120 | Erasable marking material and a method for the manufacture thereof An erasable marking material with a wax-based vehicle having a substantially uniform suspension of filler particles and pigment particles and a method for its manufacture. The wax-based vehicle is composed of a base wax and at least one supplemental wax. ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5417746 | Washable crayon composition A washable crayon composition, which is characterized in having: (a) pigment which is solid at ambient temperature; (b) polyoxyethylene nonyl phenyl ether in the form of paste at ambient temperature; (c) sorbitan monostearate in the form of paste at ambient tempera... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5380357 | Water soluble crayon composition and method The present invention relates to an improved water soluble crayon composition comprised of at least one ethoxylated alcohol; optionally, at least one water soluble material selected from the group consisting of an ethoxylated sorbitan fatty acid ester, es... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5336306 | Water soluble coloring compositions containing sparkle components Water soluble coloring compositions are provided that contain a stable and uniform suspension of color and sparkle or glitter components. The process for producing the coloring compositions employs a lower temperature range than the prior art; this reduce... | 08/09/1994 |
| 4840669 | Water soluble coloring compositions containing sparkle components Water soluble coloring compositions are provided that contain a stable and uniform suspension of color and sparkle or glitter components. The process for producing the coloring compositions employs a lower temperature range than the prior art; this reduce... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4212676 | Compositions for solid writing materials and writing implements This invention relates to solid writing materials capable of giving writings, drawings or markings which are readily erasable with a dry eraser such as a blackboard eraser, dry fabric, etc. This invention provides compositions for such solid writing materials ... | 07/15/1980 |
