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Submit Your Idea


Welcome to 3M's website for the submission of new product ideas. We appreciate your interest in and support of the 3M Company.

Patented Ideas for New Products

Each year 3M assesses thousands of ideas, including many that come from people outside of our organization. We are truly appreciative of these submissions, but for legal and practical reasons we can only accept and assess an idea if it is protected by a patent or the subject of a pending patent application - both of which we shall refer to as a "Patented Idea" - and submitted to us using the following process.

Your Thoughts Regarding Existing 3M Products

3M also welcomes comments or suggestions that you may have for improvements or new uses of existing 3M products. PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A REPLY TO ANY COMMUNICATION YOU SUBMIT CONCERNING EXISTING 3M PRODUCTS