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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 |
| 7229837 | Enhanced photophysics of conjugated polymers A particulate fluorescent conjugated polymer surfactant complex and method of making and using same. The particles are between about 15 and about 50 nm and when formed from a lipsome surfactant have a charge density similar to DNA and are strongly absorbed by cancer... | 06/12/2007 |
| 6680210 | Compositions and methods for capturing, isolating, detecting, analyzing and quantifying macromolecules The present invention provides imprint compositions useful for capturing, isolating, detecting and/or quantifying macromolecules in a sample, methods of making and using the same. Generally, the imprint compositions comprise a matrix material defining an ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6670160 | 댑,2-fucosyltransferase A bacterial 댑,2-fucosyltransferase gene and deduced amino acid sequence is provided. The gene is useful for preparing 댑,2-fucosyltransferase polypeptide, and active fragment thereof, which can be used in the production of oligosaccharides su... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6670453 | Multivalent antigen-binding proteins A multivalent antigen binding protein comprises a single polypeptide chain comprising, in series, two or more single domain binding units which are preferably heavy chain variable domains derived from an immunoglobulin naturally devoid of light chains. Me... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6652859 | PTANS: testis specific proteins expressed in prostate cancer Novel testis-specific genes and encoded proteins (PTANs) are described. PTANs are over-expressed in prostate cancer. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of three distinct PTAN isoforms, designated PTAN-1, PTAN-2 and PTAN-3 are provided. The PTANs show... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6645463 | Blood-pool selective carrier for lipophilic imaging agents A surface-modified lipoprotein-like oil-in-water emulsion useful as a blood-pool selective delivery vehicle for lipophilic imaging agents or lipophilic derivatives of water-soluble imaging agents. The blood-pool selective delivery vehicle remains in the b... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6645464 | Loading metal particles into cell membrane vesicles and metal particular use for imaging and therapy Delivery of metal particles to living tissue, then applying external energy that interacts with the metal particles, is found to selectively increase the energy deposition and interaction surrounding the metal particles. The method is useful to improve tr... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6241967 | Process and device for the production of liquid, disperse systems A continuous process for the production of liquid, disperse systems is described, which is characterized in that a predispersion is extruded under a high pressure of 6.6 to 250 MPa sequentially over 1 to 8 filter stages of decreasing pore size between 0.0... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6238859 | Virus protein antigens of the JC virus The invention concerns new virus-like particles composed of the VP1 protein of the JC virus, a process for their production and their use in analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic methods.... | 05/29/2001 |
| 4865836 | Brominated perfluorocarbon emulsions for internal animal use for contrast enhancement and oxygen transport A brominated perfluorocarbon emulsion non-toxic for internal and intravenous use in animals including humans for use as an oxygen transport medium and as a tumor and other element contrast enhancement medium is stable with very small size characteristics ... | 09/12/1989 |
