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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 |
| 7335097 | Document carrier sheet A document carrier sheet is provided with a support sheet having a support surface on which a document is supported. The document carrier sheet is also provided with a transparent sheet attached to the support sheet and permitting the document to be held on the supp... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7294053 | Prescription paper for physicians A prescription paper has reproduction material placed on selected areas of the back side of the paper so that prescription information can be transferred directly onto the patient's records while the prescription writer is writing the prescription. The reproduction ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 6948742 | Promotional form with detachable element A promotional form is provided which includes a detachable element received within the surrounding margin of a base sheet, the base sheet being folded and sealed around one side of the detachable element to initially conceal a message, question or other indicia hidd... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6749230 | Business form with imaging compatible punch-out card and method A business form with laser compatible punch-out card and the methods of making the combination. The card is permanently adhered to a perforated backer sheet, the periphery of which extends beyond the card and is coated with adhesive for application to the bottom sur... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6572150 | Pressure seal pocket business form production A pocket containing business form, an intermediate for producing the form, and method of producing the business form, provide optimum securement of the panels of the form together with adhesive by providing the adhesive at and along the side edges rather ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6482085 | Customs declaration form for non-impact printer Forms, such as mailing forms, constructed as a single sheet or multiple sheets of standard paper size, which are printable by a single pass through a standard non-impact printer are described. Certain variations of the forms can be configured to be extend... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6422938 | Pressure seal C-Z fold A mailer type business form intermediate, and method of producing a mailer from the intermediate, effect folding in a novel manner in order to produce a business form that is particularly advantageous for providing a negotiable instrument, such as a bank ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6257624 | Single side imaged postal form assembly A form for creating a postcard having printing on both sides includes a front sheet and a back sheet, which are laminated using a pressure sensitive adhesive on a back surface of the front sheet. A fold line extends across the front sheet, while a tear li... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6227964 | Method of printing images and charts and paper therefor Discloses sheet of printable media, such as paper, of a special format for printing, preferably by computer, images (such as charts) which are too large to fit on conventional sized sheets of printed paper, and a method for printing such images. The image... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6227965 | Single page multi-part form or "quikfoldform" This particular combination of steps in the overall process; the spot coating on a single side of a page, as well as on both sides of the page, in a specific pattern are new and unique. The ability to print multiple orientations on a single side of a page... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6217079 | Multi-part non-impact printer airbill form A multi-part, partially pre-printed form useful as an airbill has address information printed thereon by a non-impact printer. Different configurations of the form are described, including panels overlappingly affixed together by an adhesive having remova... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6180198 | Multi-part sets of sheet material A multi-part set providing for so-called "carbonless" copying between parts of the set, comprises a piece of sheet material such as paper with respective portions of at least one face of the sheet being treated to provide for imaging therebetween when suc... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6095919 | Extendible form for non-impact printer A form, such as a mailing form, constructed on a single laminated sheet of standard paper size, which is printable by a single pass through a standard non-impact printer, and extendible to provide additional surface area for the form exceeding standard pa... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6086108 | Controlled substance dispensing form A controlled substance dispensing form is provided. The form includes a face sheet, a liner ply, an imaging interface interposed between the face sheet and the liner ply, and an adhesive interposed between the face sheet and the liner ply. In accordance w... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5899504 | Multi-part non-impact printer airbill form A multi-part, partially pre-printed form useful as an airbill has address information printed thereon by a non-impact printer. The form includes top and bottom transparent plastic sheets affixed together by an adhesive having three panels defined by perfo... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5819665 | Method of imprinting a single-ply imprintable receipt An apparatus and method is provided for imprinting duplicate copies of a credit card receipt using a single-ply roll of paper. The paper can be either coated on a first side with a carbonless coating that contains rupturable microcapsules, each filled wit... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5672104 | Business forms using carbonless sheets and non-impact laser printing and related method A multi-part carbonless business form includes a first upper CB sheet having a first heat and/or pressure sensitive adhesive strip or a lower surface thereof and extending along and adjacent one marginal edge thereof; a second lower CE sheet having a seco... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5478279 | Multiple ply paper roll The invention encompasses multiple-ply carbonless paper rolls having the plies adhesively joined along at least one edge of the roll. Advantageously, the individual plies remain adhered together when the plies are unwound and separated from the main roll ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5393265 | Self-replicating duplex forms Improvements to self-replicating duplex forms are disclosed. Generally, a single sheet of paper is divided into original and copy panels by fold line, and carbonless coatings are applied to the panels so that information entered on the two, front and back... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5383817 | Multiple ply paper roll The invention encompasses multiple-ply carbonless paper rolls having the plies adhesively joined along at least one edge of the roll. Advantageously, the individual plies remain adhered together when the plies are unwound and separated from the main roll ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5352155 | Dual impression appointment reminder A dual impression appointment reminder is made from a two-ply form having a face stock releasably secured by an adhesive onto a release liner of a material such that, upon writing information on the face stock with an impression writing instrument, a copy... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5346430 | Non-impact printing of business forms from continuous webs having adhesive coatings In a method for producing composite carbonless copy business forms using non-impact printers, a CFB web having segmented glue lines across the width of both sides of the web. These glue lines adhere the CFB web to adjacent upper and lower CB and CF webs t... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5338122 | Continuous-feed paper, method of forming single sheets from continuous feed paper, and method of forming continuous feed paper A length of continuous-feed paper, comprising a multiplicity of adjacent paper sheets aligned end-to-end for being fed into a printer. Each of the sheets are defined from adjacent sheets by a cut through the paper, and extending transversely from one side... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5197922 | Method and apparatus for producing two-sided carbonless copies of both sides of an original document A single sheet of paper is delineated into two or more panels, and is coated with carbonless treatment so that information entered on both sides of one of the panels is reproduces onto the other panel(s). The use of carbonless CB and CF, and carbonless SC... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5154668 | Single paper sheet forming a two-sided copy of information entered on both sides thereof A single sheet of paper is divided into at least original and copy panels by fold line(s). Information entered on the two, front and back surfaces of the original panel are reproduced on the two surfaces of the copy panel by carbonless copy treatments. In... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5135437 | Form for making two-sided carbonless copies of information entered on both sides of an original sheet and methods of making and using same The carbonless copy form of this invention reproduces information written or printed on both the front and back surfaces of an "original" page onto the two (front and back) surfaces of a "copy" page. In one embodiment, the form is formed of a single sheet... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5127879 | Apparatus for recordkeeping A recordkeeping book has a front cover, a back cover and an accordion-folded strip of paper extending therebetween. The strip is divided longitudinally into a "left" portion, disposed within the covers, and a "right" portion, extending out from the covers... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5090942 | Label with record sheet A simple label-type business form is provided that allows a record sheet to be produced at the same time that indicia is applied to the label. The business form includes a label construction having a top face on which indicia is readily applied and a bott... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5055153 | Process for providing a multiple part form for non-impact printer A business forms assembly and method of forming is provided wherein a continuous web defines a plurality of successive form sets and wherein the web is divided longitudinally by a slit indicator line to define adjacent form parts for each set. Carbonless ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4996184 | Sheet material for use in a method for non-impact printing, photocopying and like reprographic processes Sheets of material, such as paper, having one one face a coating A of image-forming material (such as the CB coating of a carbonless copy system) are formed into pairs (51,52) connected together along one edge (53), by folding or by means of adhesive, wit... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4833122 | Imagable clean release laminate construction A laminate construction is provided which includes a backing sheet, a face sheet covering at least a portion of the backing sheet, and a releasable adhesive securing the face sheet to the backing sheet. The construction also includes first and second comp... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4830406 | Labels and manufacture thereof A label for attachment to a product, the label comprising a longitudinal strip which is divided into a series of panels by a plurality of transverse fold lines, the strip being folded about the transverse fold lines so that the panels of the strip overlie... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4666752 | Drafting paper An opaque or transparent drafting paper assembly includes a drafting paper sheet having edges, the paper sheet having holes formed in a given region thereof for hanging the paper sheet in a hanging file system, and at least one synthetic foil strip applie... | 05/19/1987 |
