who invented post it notes?

Answer 1

The story I've heard is that they were invented by a researcher at the 3M company. He was working on a new glue, and found one that didn't adhere so well - it came off too easily. He decided to play with it and see what he could make with it. He came up with postit notes, but the marketing department wouldn't try to sell them. They said there was no market for them. So he started making them in his own department, and handing them out to the secretaries in the company. They predictably asked for more, and more, and more. Once the demand within 3M became so great that he had one secretary doing nothing but handle the orders, he stopped making postit notes, and told the secretary to refer all orders to the marketing department. In a few days, marketing was there, asking what he had made. The rest is history.

Answer 2

An engineer from the 3M Called Spencer Silver company invented a lightly sticking adhesive In the late 60's. However nobody really found a use for it. Not untill in the early 80's Arthur Fry came up with the brilliant Idea of using it to stick paper temporarily on and object

Answer 3

The 3M company was looking for a new household glue and one of the mixes was so mild anything with it on could be peeled off. The scientist was disgusted but an office worker (name unknown because it was during office hours and the invention belonged to the Company) had the idea of putting it on scrap paper to stick around as reminders. This was seen by Management and suddenly, Post it Notes became a reality.

Answer 4

Sir John Post and Sir Paul Note who back in the late sixty's got together one night in a drunken rage . They were so drunk they could not talk. They found a note pad and started conversing with pen. Well after one would not read the others note he got mad and licked it. He had been eating beer nuts and caramel corn along with drinking beer. The note stuck so well it stayed till morning.They got to looking it over and figured they were on to something big. They contacted the 3M company and that is how post it notes were invented.Hence the name post it notes named after the two who invented them.

Answer 5

The original adhesive used in Post-it notes was invented in 1968 by Spencer Silver, a 3M researcher. While attempting to design a strong adhesive, he instead developed an adhesive that was very weak.

Answer 6

Syd Silver of the 3M company. The company allowed a certain amount of ' Moonshinning' to take place in it's research labs.i.e. turning a blind eye to staff experimenting to come up the possible product winners.The tackyness of one such product was poor but Silver found that it was very effect as a marker for his bible and hyme book,without damage to the thin paper. From this the product was internally market tested, and eventually a very successful product was lauched on the open market.

Answer 7

Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver in 1974 for the 3M company, Spencer Silver wanted to make a glue stronger than before but he actually suceeded in making a glue that sticks put is easily removed. The Arthur Fry decided to use the glue on his markers that he used to keep his page in the hyminal at church.

Answer 8

I actually heard that when 3M came up with post-its, they were actually working on some super adhesive, but it turned out to not stick to anything. They saved their tails and made the world a better place by finding a use for it.

Answer 9

3M.

Probably some nerdy scientist they have (or had) on staff. The trick with Post-it notes was the glue. Finding that not-too-sticky formula is what it was all about.

Answer 10

Art Fry at 3M Company