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20090277954 | Cooler Carton With Zipper Opening Feature - A paperboard carton doubles as a shipping container for articles such as beverage cans and a cooler for containing ice to cool the articles when the carton is opened. The top portion of the carton is breached by removing an opening strip defined by zipper rules. Once breached, the tops and side panels of the carton are opened up to form an upwardly open chimney or skirt into which ice can be placed to cool the contents of the carton. Gussets formed in the lower corners of the cartons insure that water from melting ice does not leak prematurely from the carton. | 11-12-2009 |
20100025457 | CARTON WITH REINFORCED HANDLE - A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton comprises a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a top end flap foldably connected to the top panel, and a side end flap foldably connected to one of the first side panel and the second side panel. The carton includes a handle in the closed end of the carton for grasping and carrying the carton. The side end flap comprises a main panel for closing the closed end of the carton and an extension panel foldably attached to the main panel an the top end flap. | 02-04-2010 |
20100264043 | PACKAGE FOR CONTAINERS - A package for holding a plurality of containers. The package comprises panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the package. The panels comprise a top panel and at least one side panel foldably connected to the top panel. At least one feature is in the top panel that receives and holds a top portion of at least one container of the plurality of containers. The at least one feature comprises an opening in the top panel and a retention feature adjacent the opening to engage at least one container of the plurality of containers to at least partially attach the at least one container to the package. | 10-21-2010 |
20120080328 | PACKAGE FOR CONTAINERS - A package for holding a plurality of containers. The package comprises panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the package. The panels comprise a top panel and at least one side panel foldably connected to the top panel. A plurality of features in the top panel receives and holds a top portion of the plurality of containers. Each of the plurality of features comprises an opening in the top panel wherein the top panel has at least two edges at least partially forming a respective opening to engage a respective container of the plurality of containers to at least partially attach the respective container to the package. The at least two edges are in contact with an underside of a flange of the respective container. | 04-05-2012 |
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20130259743 | USE OF PERACETIC ACID/HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND PEROXIDE-REDUCING ENZYMES FOR TREATMENT OF DRILLING FLUIDS, FRAC FLUIDS, FLOWBACK WATER AND DISPOSAL WATER - Compositions and methods for the use of peracid compositions having low to substantially no hydrogen peroxide for various water treatments, including oil- and gas-field operations, and/or other aseptic treatments are disclosed. In numerous aspects, peracetic acid is the preferred peracid and is treated with a peroxide-reducing agent to substantially reduce the hydrogen peroxide content. Methods for using the treated peracid compositions for treatment of drilling fluids, frac fluids, flow back waters and disposal waters are also disclosed for improving water condition, reducing oxidizing damage associated with hydrogen peroxide and/or reducing bacteria infestation | 10-03-2013 |
20130264059 | USE OF PERACETIC ACID/HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND PEROXIDE-REDUCING AGENTS FOR TREATMENT OF DRILLING FLUIDS, FRAC FLUIDS, FLOWBACK WATER AND DISPOSAL WATER - Methods for the use of peracid compositions having decreased hydrogen peroxide concentration and a UV-blocking agent for various water treatments, including oil- and gas-field operations, and/or other aseptic treatments are disclosed. In numerous aspects, peracetic acid is the preferred peracid and is treated with a peroxide-reducing agent to substantially reduce the hydrogen peroxide content. Methods for using the treated peracid compositions for treatment of drilling fluids, frac fluids, flow back waters and disposal waters are also disclosed for improving water condition, reducing oxidizing damage associated with hydrogen peroxide and/or reducing bacteria infestation | 10-10-2013 |
20130264293 | USE OF PERACETIC ACID/HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND PEROXIDE-REDUCING AGENTS FOR TREATMENT OF DRILLING FLUIDS, FRAC FLUIDS, FLOWBACK WATER AND DISPOSAL WATER - Methods for the use of peracid compositions having decreased hydrogen peroxide concentration for various water treatments, including oil- and gas-field operations, and/or other aseptic treatments are disclosed. In numerous aspects, peracetic acid is the preferred peracid and is treated with a peroxide-reducing agent to substantially reduce the hydrogen peroxide content. Methods for using the treated peracid compositions for treatment of drilling fluids, frac fluids, flow back waters and disposal waters are also disclosed for improving water condition, reducing oxidizing damage associated with hydrogen peroxide and/or reducing bacteria infestation | 10-10-2013 |
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20140019199 | AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION - A method for evaluating a satisfaction of a customer in a retail environment includes identifying an item for which the customer is searching in the retail environment, monitoring an activity of the customer with respect to the item in the retail environment, and automatically evaluating the satisfaction of the customer based on the activity of the customer with respect to the item. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019201 | AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION - A system for evaluating a satisfaction of a customer in a retail environment includes a search system for identifying an item for which the customer is searching in the retail environment, a plurality of sensors for monitoring an activity of the customer with respect to the item in the retail environment, and an evaluation system for automatically evaluating the satisfaction of the customer based on the activity of the customer with respect to the item. | 01-16-2014 |
20140039950 | AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING LOST SALES - One embodiment of a method for detecting a lost sale due to an out-of-shelf condition in a retail environment includes automatically detecting when a customer fails to purchase an expected product, based at least in part on an observation of a current behavior of the customer in the retail environment and on a purchasing history of the customer, and inferring, based on the automatically detecting, that the expected product is out-of-shelf. | 02-06-2014 |
20140039951 | AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING LOST SALES DUE TO AN OUT-OF-SHELF CONDITION IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT - One embodiment of a system for detecting a lost sale due to an out-of-shelf condition in a retail environment includes a plurality of sensors distributed throughout the retail environment for monitoring a current behavior of a customer in the retail environment, a database for storing a purchasing history of the customer, and a matching system for automatically detecting when the customer fails to purchase an expected product, based at least in part on the current behavior and on the purchasing history, and for inferring, based on the automatically detecting, that the expected product is out-of-shelf. | 02-06-2014 |
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20140351416 | Characterizing Statistical Time-Bounded Incident Management Systems - Systems and articles of manufacture for characterizing statistical time-bounded incident management systems include generating an expected distribution of multiple work requests in an incident management system across multiple characterization classes based on a target service level agreement for each of the multiple work requests and one or more probability distribution values, analyzing the multiple work requests in the incident management system to determine an actual distribution of the multiple work requests across the multiple characterization classes, and comparing the expected distribution of the multiple work requests to the actual distribution of the multiple work requests for each of the multiple characterization classes to characterize performance of the incident management system. | 11-27-2014 |
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20150074122 | SOCIAL RECOMMENDATION ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - At least one computer processor obtains access to a relationship network and a network of a different kind than the relationship network. The at least one computer processor also obtains a user query and carries out a multiple heterogeneous networks search on the relationship network and the network of the different kind than the relationship network, by executing on the at least one computer processor a multiple heterogeneous network search module, to obtain a ranked output list responsive to the user query. | 03-12-2015 |