...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| 7256180 | Compositions and methods for inducing activation of dendritic cells Compositions induce the activation of dendritic cells comprising a polynucleotide, such as viruses, RNA, DNA, plasmid DNA, or derivatives thereof and at least one block copolymer of alkylethers. The present invention further relates to compositions for inducing the ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7204997 | Responsive microgel and methods related thereto A responsive microgel is provided which responds volumetrically and reversibly to a change in one or more aqueous conditions selected from the group consisting of (temperature, pH, and ionic conditions) comprised of an ionizable network of covalently cross-linked ho... | 04/17/2007 |
| 6353055 | Polynucleotide compositions The invention provides compositions for stabilizing polynucleic acids and increasing the ability of polynucleic acids to cross cell membranes and act in the interior of a cell. In one aspect, the invention provides a polynucleotide complex between a polyn... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6316505 | Pharmaceutical compositions comprising fluorinated co-polymers Block copolymers containing a fluorinated hydrocarbon unit, a hydrocarbon unit, and a poly(oxyethylene) unit are useful in fluid formulations of pharmaceutical agents. A typical embodiment is: C11 H23 --CONHC2 H4 NHC... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6054492 | Fluorinated copolymeric pharmaceutical adjuncts Block copolymers containing a fluorinated hydrocarbon unit, a hydrocarbon unit, and a poly(oxyethylene) unit are useful in fluid formulations of pharmaceutical agents. A typical embodiment is: C11 H23 --CONHC2 H4 NHC... | 04/25/2000 |