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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Robert W. Tuttrup, Sparta, NJ (US);
Neil A. Willcocks, Flanders, NJ (US);
Thomas M. Collins, Nazareth, PA (US);
Mark J. Chimel, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Kevin L. Rabinovitch, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Henry V. Izzo, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Robert W. Tuttrup, Sparta, NJ (US);
Neil A. Willcocks, Flanders, NJ (US);
Thomas M. Collins, Nazareth, PA (US);
Mark J. Chimel, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Kevin L. Rabinovitch, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Henry V. Izzo, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Mars Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for delivering goods ordered by a plurality of customers, in which a plurality of customers place orders for goods from a vendor, the vendor fulfills its orders by combining into a single shipping order the goods ordered by a plurality of customers who are geographically close to a single local pick-up point, and the vendor causes the single shipping order to be sent to a local pick-up point.
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