...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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4087270 | Herbicidal-N-(3-amino-2,4-dinitro-6-trifluoromethylphenyl)-pyrrolidones The present invention provides herbicidal-N-(3-amino 2,4-dinitro-6-trifluoromethylphenyl)-pyrrolidones having the formula: ##STR1## where X is oxygen or sulfur, and R, R1 and R2 are selected from among H or lower alkyl, of up to... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4086234 | Process for the preparation of tertiary amines Certain tertiary amines useful as pharmaceuticals are prepared in improved yields by condensing a cyclic secondary amine with a primary alkyl halide in an aqueous medium in the presence of an acid acceptor.... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4086356 | Fungicidal-N-(3-halo-2,6-dinitro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-pyrrolidones Fungicidal-N-(3-halo-2,6-dinitro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-pyrrolidones having the formula: ##STR1## where X is a halogen, Y is oxygen or sulfur, and R is H or lower alkyl, of up to 4 carbon atoms, Are prepared by reacting a 2,4-dihalo-3,5-dinitrobenzotrif... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4081456 | Bis-lactam derivatives Gamma-alkyl-gamma-butyrolactones having an alkyl substituent of at least 16 carbon atoms in length, preferably at least 25 carbon atoms, are formed by reacting a monoolefin with a carboxylic acid in the presence of a reducible metal ion of higher-valent f... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4073778 | Crown ether activated lactam polymerization The anionic polymerization of lactam is activated by the presence of crown ethers which are macrocyclic polyethers having the ability to form stable complexes with salts.... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4069038 | Acyclic and alicyclic N-substituted halo-2-pyrrolidinones and their utility as herbicides Acyclic and alicyclic N-substituted halo-2-pyrrolidinones having the formula ##STR1## in which Q is oxygen or sulfur; R is lower alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, benzyl and chlorobenzyl; X is hydrogen or chlorine, Y is chl... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4046898 | 6-Aryl-pyrrolo[1,2-a]Imidazole derivatives which possess anti-hypertensive activity 6-Aryl-pyrrolo[1,2-a]imidazole derivatives, processes for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and a method of using them to lower blood pressure in warm-blooded animals. Representative of the compounds disclosed is 6-(2,6-d... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4041041 | Acetylene derivatives of amino acids Novel compounds of the following general formula are useful pharmacologic agents: ##STR1## R is selected from hydrogen, alkylcarbonyl wherein the alkyl moiety contains from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonyl wherein the alkoxy moiety contains f... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4039549 | Olefinic derivatives of amino acids Novel compounds of the following general formula are useful pharmacologic agents: ##STR1## R is selected from hydrogen, alkylcarbonyl wherein the alkyl moiety contains from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonyl wherein the alkoxy moiety contains f... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4022791 | 2-Aminomethyl-3,4-dihydronaphthalenes Compounds of the formula ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X and Y are independently H, F, Cl, Br, alkyl having up to four carbons, or alkoxy having up to four carbons, but X and Y are not both H, and Z is a seconda... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4021567 | 2-Methoxy-benzamide derivatives The invention provides novel 2-methoxy-benzamide derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## in which n is 1 or 2; R1 represents a cycloalkyl-alkyl radical of formula: (CH2)m -CH-A- , a phenylalkyl radical of formula ##... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4020080 | Oxadiazolylphenyl aromatic ester compounds and their use as ultraviolet stabilizer in organic compositions The invention relates to oxadiazolylphenyl aromatic ester compounds which have been found to be effective ultraviolet stabilizers. The invention also relates to ultraviolet degradable organic compositions containing an amount of a heterocyclic phenyl este... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4012495 | 4-(Polyalkoxyphenyl)-2-pyrrolidones 4-(Polyalkoxyphenyl)-2-pyrrolidones of the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 each are hydrocarbon of up to 18 carbon atoms or alkyl of 1-5 carbon atoms substituted by halogen, OH, COOH, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carboxamido or am... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4010273 | 5-Sulfamoylbenzoic acid derivatives carrying a heterocyclic substituent 5-Sulfamoylbenzoic acids substituted in 4-position by various substituents and in 3-position by a cyclic amino group having sali-diurectic properties, and a process for their manufacture.... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4000159 | Preparation of N,N-disubstituted thioamides N,N-disubstituted thioamides are prepared by contacting N,N-disubstituted amides with carbon disulfide or carbon oxysulfide under suitable reaction conditions. In a preferred embodiment, the reactants are contacted at a temperature of at least about 200°... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3988350 | Low molecular weight substituted phenol-lactam-substituted phenol complexes from lactams and substituted monohydroxy phenolic compounds A low molecular weight complex of a lactam and a substituted phenolic compound having the formula ##SPC1## Wherein n is an integer of 3 to 5; W is hydrogen or alkyl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms including cycloalkyl substituents; each R and R', R2 | 10/26/1976 |
| 3968104 | Extremely low viscosity adducts of lactams with alcohols Adducts useful as solvents are prepared from lactams and an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or araliphatic alcohol or thioalcohol. Solutions of the adducts in the lactam, alcohol or thioalcohol are also disclosed as well as a process for preparing the adducts a... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3960927 | Olefinic derivatives of amino acids Novel compounds of the following general formula are useful pharmacologic agents: ##EQU1## R is selected from hydrogen, alkylcarbonyl wherein the alkyl moiety contains from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonyl wherein the alkoxy moiety contains f... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959356 | Acetylene derivatives of amino acids Novel compounds of the following general formula are useful pharmacologic agents: ##EQU1## R is selected from hydrogen, alkylcarbonyl wherein the alkyl moiety contains from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy-carbonyl wherein the alkoxy moiety contains ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3959311 | Oxotremorine antagonists A new class of amino-imide compounds is disclosed in which a 2-oxo-cycloalkylimide group and an amino group are joined by a chain containing acetylenic unsaturation. The compounds are effective to antagonize the tremorogenic effect of oxotremorine and pos... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3956314 | Derivatives of 2-pyrrolidinone Phenyl-2-pyrrolidinones of the formula ##SPC1## Wherein R is a halogen or trifluoromethyl, R1 is lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, phenyl or halogen-substituted phenyl, R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl and R3... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3940258 | Method for controlling aquatic weeds with N-phenylalkyl-γ-hydroxybutyramide Process of employing as herbicides N-phenylalkyl - γ hydroxybutyramide or methyl or halo derivatives thereof wherein the methyl or halo substituent occupies any one of two of the ortho-, meta- and para-positions of the phenyl ring; said compounds having ... | 02/24/1976 |