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Art Fry was a researcher at 3M he learned the adhesive microspheres that was developed by Spencer Silver. This microspheres were pressure-sensitive, but had a low degree of adhesion. He coated paper with the adhesive and made repositionable notes and thus he created Sticky Post-it note sheets

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. In 2003 the Post-it Note was a central role in a new play titled Inside a Bigger Box that premiered in New York at the 78th Street Theatre Lab

Arthur Fry is a retired United States inventor and scientist. He is credited as the co-creator of the Post-it note, an item of office stationery manufactured by 3M. As of 2006, Post-it note products are sold in more than 100 countries. Fry was born in Minnesota, and subsequently lived in Iowa and Kansas City. He received his early education in a one-room rural schoolhouse. During his childhood, he reputedly made his first foray into engineering by building toboggans from scrap lumber. In 1980 and 1981, the Post-it note team received 3M's Golden Step Award