Source: 3M Q3 Report
Nearly 120 years ago, a company called Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing was established. That firm has expanded into over 200 nations and owns in excess of 117,000 patents, many of which were obtained in the last decade.
These patents involve inventing masking tape, the Scotch brand, various abrasive coatings used in industrial facilities and garages around the world, the first synthetic grass for athletic fields, Post-it notes, ultra-compact LED-illuminated projection engines, the first respirators cleared by the FDA for use by the general public, many Bluetooth technologies, solar mirror