Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Including point of sale terminal or electronic cash register
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-18
2007-09-18
Fadok, Mark (Department: 3625)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Including point of sale terminal or electronic cash register
C705S028000, C705S026640
Reexamination Certificate
active
09855558
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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Chimel Mark J.
Collins Thomas M.
Izzo Henry V.
Rabinovitch Kevin L.
Tuttrup Robert W.
Fadok Mark
Fitzpatrick ,Cella, Harper & Scinto
Mars Incorporated
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