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Vesta Stoudt thought that it took too long to remove ammunition box seals so she wrote a letter to the president saying to use duct tape instead. the message was forwarded to the war production board. once they read the message, they hired johnson and johnson to mass produce it for the military.
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Melvin A. Anderson co. in Cleveland, Ohio purchase the rights to duct tape.
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Albert Arno Inc. trademarks duct tape for their flame resistant duct tape.
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Jack Kahl buys Melvin A. Anderson co. and renames it Manco.
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Manco. trademarks the name Duck Tape as a pun and places a yellow duck on the casing of the ahem "DUCK" tape.
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3M starts making heat resistant duct tape meant for well, heating ducts.
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3M creates transparent duct tape.