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A Post-it note (or sticky note) is a small piece of paper with a re-adherable strip of glue on its back, made for temporarily attaching notes to documents and other surfaces. A low- tack pressure-sensitive adhesive allows the notes to be easily attached, removed and even re-posted elsewhere without leaving residue.
Alan Amron (born November 20, 1948) is an American inventor who holds 40 [1] [2] United States patents. Amron invented the Photo Wallet and Battery operated water guns.. He has claimed to be the inventor of the Post-it note Sticky notes, for which he sued 3M in 1997 and agreed to a confidential settlement.
3M launched "Press 'n Peel" a sticky bookmark page holder in stores in four cities in 1977, but the results were disappointing. [36] [37] A year later 3M instead issued free samples of it as a sticky note directly to consumers in Boise, Idaho, with 95% of those who tried them indicating they would buy the product. [36]
Post-it Notes were released to the national market in 1980. In 1981, 3M named Post-it Notes its Outstanding New Product. In 1980 and 1981, the Post-it Note team received 3M's Golden Step Award, given to teams who create major new products that are significantly profitable. 3M named Fry a corporate researcher in 1986. He is also a member of 3M's ...
Sticky Notes is a desktop notes application included in Windows 7, [2] Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11. [3] The app loads quickly and enables users to quickly take notes using post-it note –like windows on their desktop.
Third-party desktop note applications such as ShixxNOTE [3] offer more options than Sticky Notes. On Linux, desktop notes have existed for a long period of time. The GNOME desktop environment has a built in "sticky notes" feature available, whereas KDE (K Desktop Environment) has a desktop notes application called Knote.
Fry developed bookmarks using Silver's adhesive, preventing them from leaving residue, and sought to interest others within the 3M company in them. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The adhesive notes were initially marketed under the name Post 'n Peel in four cities from 1977 and as Post-it Notes from 1980 throughout the United States. [ 8 ]
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