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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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Examiner: Saltarelli, Dominic D


Primary examiner statistics: 118 patents; average approval time: 128 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 0 patents; average approval time: N/A

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8184211 Quasi analog knob control method and appartus using the same
8181201 Enhanced electronic program guides
8179478 System for adjusting color image quality and method thereof
8176510 Systems and methods for detecting inconsistent user actions and p...
8169550 Cursor control method and apparatus
8169549 Receiver
8166513 TV receiver using cable card for abstracting open cable applicati...
8166509 Methods and apparatus for format selection for network optimizati...
8166512 Digital broadcast terminal equipped with broadcast program inform...
8161506 System and method for monitoring and alarming IP-based video blac...
8159607 Video signal display system, video signal reproducing apparatus, ...
8151301 IP TV queuing time/channel change operation
8141121 Method and system for communicating information between a point o...
8136133 Methods and systems for broadcasting modified live media
8132206 Multiple database, user-choice-compiled program and event guide
8127324 Audiovisual reproduction system
8127333 Device for imaging an aircraft cabin
8117635 Method and apparatus for targeting of interactive virtual objects
8099757 Methods and apparatus for revenue-optimized delivery of content i...
8099754 Multimedia marketing and distribution system
8099749 Viewer data collection system and method for use in a direct broa...
8094196 Video matching device, method, and program
8087044 Methods, apparatus, and systems for managing the insertion of ove...
8079043 Service activation of set-top box functionality using broadcast c...
8074249 Content storage control apparatus and control method therefor
8074253 Audiovisual reproduction system
8065699 Providing rating information for an event based on user feedback
8065701 Information broadcasting method, information broadcasting system,...
8060908 Consumer access systems and methods for providing same
8035749 Gamma-correction circuit for graphic signals
8037495 Electronic program guide display device, and electronic program g...
8037509 Signal processing system and method, signal processing apparatus ...
8020181 Interactive optical cards and other hand-held devices with increa...
8006259 Real-time audience monitoring, content rating, and content enhanc...
8001566 Digital TV and control method of the same
8001578 System and method for a master scheduler
7996862 Metadata mapping to support targeted advertising
7987492 Sharing a streaming video
7966641 User identification using Bluetooth and audio ranging
7962931 Method and system for integrating television brand advertising wi...

Patents as Assistant Examiner

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