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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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100297282 | IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS An arrangement suitable for use in an imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed. The arrangement includes a support structure arranged to support an imprint template arrangement, a first actuator configured to apply a force to the imprint template arrangement, and a se... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100238424 | Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method A positioning apparatus includes a first object and a second object; a positioning system configured to position the first and the second objects with respect to each other; and a flexible transportation line that is connected to the first and the second objects, the fl... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20050050711 | Method of positioning by means of an actuator having three bridges Method of positioning a part (43) in a device by means of an actuator (1). The actuator comprises two parts (3, 5) which extend in a main plane and are mutually connected by means of three bridges (7, 9, 11). The bridges can be shortened in r... | 03/10/2005 |
