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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 |
| 4032630 | Skin treating agent containing polyhydroxypolycarboxylate polymers and process The present invention relates to compositions for the treatment of the skin containing up to 25% by weight of at least one polymer having carboxyl or carboxylate groups and hydroxyl groups of chiefly rectilinear or cross-linked C--C compounds, the ratio o... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4025649 | Acetic acid derivatives having pharmacological activity and compositions containing the same Acetic acid derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable alkali metal salts thereof, wherein R represents the radical ##STR2## in which R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, each repres... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4021572 | Prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of acne vulgaris utilizing lactamides and quaternary ammonium lactates Preventive as well as therapeutic treatment of acne vulgaris (hereafter referred to as acne) consisting of the topical application of a solution, lotion or cream containing one or more than one of the lactamides and/or quaternary ammonium lactates is disc... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4007270 | Complement inhibitors Aurin tricarboxylic acid and certain of its derivatives and salts thereof useful as complement inhibitors.... | 02/08/1977 |
| 4005189 | Process of suppressing odors employing deodorants containing esters of aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acids A process of suppressing body odors comprising applying a substantially anhydrous cosmetic preparation for supressing body odor containing as a deodorant an ester of an aliphatic mono- or di-hydroxycarboxylic acid or an aliphatic mono- or di-hydroxy-dicar... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3988470 | Treatment of palmar and plant disturbed keratosis A treatment to alleviate the symptoms of diseases characterized by defects in keratinization consisting of the topical application of an ointment or lotion containing one or more lower aliphatic compounds having from two to about six carbon atoms, and pre... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3984566 | Method of alleviating the symptoms of dandruff A treatment to alleviate the symptoms of diseases characterized by defects in keratinization consisting of the topical application of an ointment or lotion containing one or more lower aliphatic compounds having from 2 to about 6 carbon atoms, and prefera... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3978229 | Synergistic composition comprising PGF2.sub. and PGE2 A synergistic composition comprising as active ingredients a PGF2.sub. compound or its cyclodextrin clathrate thereof and a PGE2 compound or its cyclodextrin clathrate thereof, at a weight ratio of from about 1:0.33 to about ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3975519 | Method for increasing the oxygen partial pressure in the bloodstream of mammals A method for increasing the partial pressure of O2 in blood in a mammal, which comprises administering to said mammal an effective dose of a water soluble carotenoid, whereby the O2 partial pressure in the bloodstream of said mammal ... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3965261 | Method for treating papillomas A method for the treatment of Papillomas on a mammal which comprises administering to said mammal an effective dose of a water soluble carotenoid.... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3959460 | Cosmetic compositions containing anionic surface active agent containing mono- or polyhydroxylated mono- or poly ether chains and a terminal acid group A cosmetic composition comprises an aqueous solution of an anionic surface active agent selected from the group consisting of (a) a surface active agent of the formula ##EQU1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and alkenyl, eac... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958009 | Ammonium and potassium isobutyrates as pathogen growth inhibitors and growth stimulators This invention is the use of ammonium and potassium isobutyrates as a means for inhibiting the growth of plant and animal pathogenic and non-pathogenic organisms. Another effect of this invention is the improvement in the rate of weight gain in animals wh... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3958025 | Abscisic acid tablets and process Tablets of abscisic acid and a carrier are used to treat a vitamin deficiency of abscisic acid in man, animal and the avian species.... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3958011 | Compositions of tri-n-propylacetic acid and salts thereof and treatment of neurological disorders with such compositions Tri-n-propylacetic acid and its alkali metal salts are useful in the treatment of central neurological troubles due to or accompanied by cerebral ischemia and as tranquillizers.... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3944660 | Pharmaceutical composition There is provided a pharmaceutical composition in dosage unit form comprising (a) 1 - 100 mg. of glycyrrhetinic acid and/or of at least one anti-inflammatory active derivative thereof, in admixture with (b) 1 - 50% by weight of alginic acid and/or at leas... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3932655 | Surgical skin scrub A disinfecting concentrate includes a mixture of n-alkylated benzalkonium halides, preferably, n-alkylated benzyl ammonium chlorides or benzalkonium chlorides, each having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms in their respective alkyl portions, preferably 12 to 18 c... | 01/13/1976 |
| 3931413 | Control of fungi A method for the control of fungi which have an overwintering phase inside the buds of a plant or on other parts thereof comprises treating a plant selected from the group consisting of food crop and ornamental plants whilst the plant or at least the buds... | 01/06/1976 |
| 3931410 | Composition and method of use Pharmaceutical preparations in dosage forms and animal feeds (baits) consisting essentially of pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, oral and injectable, compounded with a sublethal, yet effective, amount of a compound having the formula: ##EQU1## ... | 01/06/1976 |
