...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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| 6479525 | Aspartate derivative of amlodipine An amlodipine derivative having the following formula is useful, either alone or in combination with amlodipine, as a pharmaceutical in treating angina and hypertension. ##STR1##... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6281360 | Imidazopyridine derivatives and process for making them Imidazopyridine compounds of the formula 1 are can be made in high purity, e.g. greater than 95% pure, by a process that use a novel intermediate of formula 5: ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent hydrogen or a ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6271398 | Process for producing simvastatin and/or its derivatives A process for the production of simvastatin and its analogues that is efficient, economical and convenient involves the use of hydroxyl protected intermediates of formula (III) or (VII). These intermediates allow for direct alkylation of the butyrate side... | 08/07/2001 |
| 5874447 | 4-Phenylpiperidine compounds for treating depression The invention relates to a compound, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, having the formula I: ##STR1## wherein: R represents an alkyl or alkynyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group optionally substituted by C1-4 alkyl, alk... | 02/23/1999 |