When did the Post-it Note adhesive creation roughly precede the product's commercial rollout?

Answer

About ten years or more

Silver created the adhesive around 1968, and the note began commercialization in the late 1970s/early 1980s, indicating a timeline of over a decade for the innovation to find its proper context.

When did the Post-it Note adhesive creation roughly precede the product's commercial rollout?
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