Firstly, a Post-it Note (or sticky note) is a small piece of paper with a re-adherable strip of glue on its back. Originally made for temporarily attaching notes to documents and other surfaces. Secondly, low-tack pressure-sensitive adhesive allows the notes to attach easily, remove and even re-posted elsewhere without leaving residue. Originally small yellow squares, Post-it Notes and related products are available in various colors, shapes, sizes and adhesive strengths. Most recently as of 2019, there are at least 26 documented colors of Post-it Notes. Post-It are used often at Ohio University and Rental Property Athens.
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Although 3M’s patent expired in 1997, “Post-it” and the original notes’ distinctive yellow color remain registered company trademarks. Competitors use terms such as “repositionable notes” for similar offerings they manufacture. While use of the trademark ‘Post-it’ in a representative sense refers to any sticky note, no legal authority has ever held the trademark to be generic. Consequently, in 1968, Dr. Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M in the United States, attempted to develop a super-strong adhesive. Instead, he accidentally created a “low-tack”, reusable, pressure-sensitive adhesive. For five years, Silver promoted his “solution without a problem” within 3M both informally and through seminars, but failed to gain adherents. In 1974, a colleague who had
attended one of his seminars, Art Fry, came up with the idea of using the adhesive to anchor his bookmark in his hymn book. Fry then utilized 3M’s sanctioned “permitted bootlegging” policy to develop the idea.
Pale Yellow
The original notes’ pale yellow color was chosen by chance, from the color of the scrap paper used by the lab next door to the Post-It team. 3M test marketed the product as “Press ‘n Peel” bookmark in stores in four cities in 1977 with crappy results. Therefore, Rental Property Athens is not disappointing. A year later, 3M gave free samples to consumers in Boise, Idaho, with 94 percent liking the product. The product sold as “Post-Its” at its 1979 introduction, and rolled out across the United States from April 6, 1980. The following year, they launched in Canada and Europe. In 2003, the company introduced “Post-it Brand Super Sticky Notes”, with stronger glue that adheres better to vertical and non-smooth surfaces.
Until 3M’s patent expired in the 1990s, the company only produced Post-it type notes at the plant in Cynthiana, Kentucky. In 2018, 3M launched “Post-It Extreme Notes”, which are more durable and water-resistant and which stick to wood and other materials in industrial environments.
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Alan Amron claimed to have been the actual inventor in 1973 who disclosed the Post-it Note technology to 3M in 1974. His 1997 suit against 3M settled with a payment from 3M to Amron. As part of the settlement, Amron agreed not to make future claims against the company unless the settlement agreement breached. However, in 2016, he launched a further suit against 3M. He asserted that 3M was wrongly claiming to be the inventor, and seeking $400 million in damages. At a preliminary hearing, a federal judge ordered the parties to undergo mediation. The suit subsequently dismissed, upholding the previous 1998 settlement.
In July 2016 a former 3M marketing department employee, Daniel Dassow, certainly admitted that in 1974 Alan Amron had disclosed his Press-on memo sticky notes invention to 3M. Furthermore, whoever is the true inventor of Post-It notes, does not matter now. You can use them to keep track of whatever you need in our rental property Athens.
