ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,712, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Repositionable notes mural pad" was invented by Andrew J. Merten (Hastings, Minn.) and Mitchell A. Giannini (Stillwater, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for assembling a stack of notes for use in recreating an image. The method includes receiving an image and dividing the image into pieces. The pieces of the image are printed on adhesive-coated repositionable notes in a particular order, and the printed notes are assembled into a stack of notes in the particular order. A user can recreate the image by removing the notes from the stac...