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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: Field, Lynn


Primary examiner statistics: 65 patents; average approval time: 739 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 8 patents; average approval time: 606 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6956745 Handling system for use with a blade in a blade server system
6940714 Support for a display screen
6885551 Peripheral device fixing module
6659810 Method of assembling multi-pole connector and multi-pole connecto...
6641419 Lighting circuit, lighting system method and apparatus, socket as...
6629854 Structure of wiring connection
6629862 Connector including reduced crosstalk spring insert
6621963 Submarine casing for a submarine optical cable
6619978 Lever type connector
6608954 Optical fiber coil and manufacturing method thereof
6592386 Socket which can be tightly connected with a plug
6572402 Status display electric signal plug
6571046 Protector system for fiber optic system components in subsurface ...
6565389 Connector of a thin type
6558172 Shielding connector and manufacturing method thereof
6558180 Waterproof electrical connector
6554626 Electrical receptacle assembly
6554484 Optical connector receptacle having switching capability
6551115 Power jack with central pin
6547452 Alignment systems for subassemblies of overmolded optoelectronic ...
6547609 Vacuum pick up cap for using in socket
6547585 Cable holder for supporting a plurality of cable connectors
6547579 Releasable electrical connector
6544065 ZIF socket connector
6544068 Paperless picking system
6546182 Angled fiber termination and methods of making the same
6542666 Optical component
6540534 Telephone wiring interconnect apparatus and method
6540410 Panel-mounted fiber optic connector
6540559 Connector with staggered contact pattern
6540541 ZIF socket assembly having protector placed on chip mounted on th...
6542652 Method and apparatus for deploying fiber optic cable to a subscri...
6542653 Latching mechanism for optical switches
6536958 Optical device package with hermetically bonded fibers
6539159 Adaptive support for positioning optical components
6539160 Optical fiber splicing and connecting assembly with coupler casse...
6536959 Coupling configuration for connecting an optical fiber to an opto...
6537096 ZIF socket assembly with improved protector
6537111 Electric contact plug with deformable attributes
6535685 Arcuate fiber routing using stepped grooves

Patents as Assistant Examiner

Patent No. Patent Title:
5689401 Disk drive apparatus having dual I/O connectors
5687059 Mass storage device mounting scheme
5684671 Packaging architecture for a data server
5668695 Portable computer utilizable by an over head projector and tiltin...
5646821 Portable computer with trackball keys mounted on an edge of a com...
5638257 Combination keyboard and cover for a handheld computer
5612854 Computer power supply apparatus
5600539 Secure interface card extractor/ejector mechanism
 
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