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...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 |
| 7416598 | Adhesives from modified soy protein The, present invention provides useful adhesive compositions having similar adhesive properties to conventional UF and PPF resins. The compositions generally include a protein portion and modifying ingredient portion selected from the group consisting of carboxyl-co... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7345136 | Water-resistant vegetable protein adhesive dispersion compositions Water-resistant, protein-based adhesive dispersion compositions and methods for preparing them are provided. The adhesive dispersions are prepared by copolymerizing a denatured vegetable protein, such as soy flour, that has been functionalized with methylol groups w... | 03/18/2008 |
| 5972092 | Lightweight modeling play composition The invention is directed to a lightweight flour-based modeling dough composition of matter having unique pliability and moldability. The composition comprises flour, water, and glass microsphere bubbles in an amount of from about 1 to 15% by weight. The ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5391224 | Aqueous-based stop-leak formulation A storage-stable, stop-leak formulation contains a ground plant root material, an alkaline metal salt of a C1-C3 carboxylic acid and water. The formulation may further include corrosion inhibitors, biocides, lubricating agents, dyes and the like. Typicall... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5320669 | Cereal grain-based biodegradable thermoplastic compositions The present invention provides a biodegradable thermoplastic composition made of a cereal grain that is treated with an organic solvent, and optionally a cross-linking agent such as an aldehyde, an acid anhydride or an epoxide, to link together the starch... | 06/14/1994 |
| 4127563 | Low pH preparation of cationic starches and flours A novel process is disclosed for preparing cationic starches and flours by reacting starch-containing materials in a dry state with a halohydrin at a pH of 9 or below without the necessity for subsequent alkali neutralization or washing. The resultant pro... | 11/28/1978 |
