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20130030879 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING DATA POINTS COLLECTED FROM A CUSTOMER TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SPECIFIC OFFERINGS - A retailer computer system receives from a first computing device a shopping recap having data indicative of one or more products that were shown to a customer by the sales associate while the customer was within a retail establishment. The received shopping recap is stored within a data repository where it is linked to a customer identifier that is associated with the customer and an associate identifier that is associated with the sale associate. If the customer later purchases a product, data indicative of the product being purchased is compared against data within any shopping recap that is linked to that customer to determine if a sales associate that is also linked to any shopping recap linked to that customer is to be awarded a commission for the product being purchased. The purchase of the product by the customer may further generate a digital receipt where the digital receipt includes a notice that the customer is being awarded an incentive, such as a coupon. The incentive may be automatically linked to a rewards account of the customer whereupon, if the customer purchases a product that is associated with the incentive, the incentive will be automatically redeemed for the customer. | 01-31-2013 |
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20140052517 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING DATA POINTS COLLECTED FROM A CUSTOMER TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SPECIFIC OFFERINGS - A retailer computer system receives from a first computing device a shopping recap Having data indicative of one or more products that were shown to a customer by the sales associate while the customer was within a retail establishment. The received shopping recap is stored within a data repository where it is linked to a customer identifier that is associated with the customer and an associate identifier that is associated with the sale associate. If the customer later purchases a product, data indicative of the product being purchased is compared against data within any shopping recap that is linked to that customer to determine if a sales associate that is also linked to any shopping recap linked to that customer is to be awarded a commission for the product being purchased. The purchase of the product by the customer may further generate a digital receipt where the digital receipt includes a notice that the customer is being awarded an incentive, such as a coupon. The incentive may be automatically linked to a rewards account of the customer whereupon, if the customer purchases a product that is associated with the incentive, the incentive will be automatically redeemed for the customer. | 02-20-2014 |
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20130192779 | PROCESSES TO PRODUCE SHORT CUT MICROFIBERS - A process for producing a microfiber product stream, the process comprising:
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20130192780 | PROCESSES TO PRODUCE SHORT CUT MICROFIBERS - A process for producing a microfiber product stream, the process comprising:
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20130193085 | PROCESSES TO PRODUCE SHORT CUT MICROFIBERS - A process for producing a microfiber product stream is provided comprising: | 08-01-2013 |
20130193086 | PROCESSES TO PRODUCE SHORT CUT MICROFIBERS - A process for producing a microfiber product stream is provided comprising:
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20100168330 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED (LCB), BLOCK OR INTERCONNECTED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OTHER POLYMER - An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, T | 07-01-2010 |
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20140024775 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED (LCB), BLOCK OR INTERCONNECTED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OTHER POLYMER - An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, T | 01-23-2014 |
20140135459 | HIGH PRESSURE LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE RESINS WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL PROPERTIES PRODUCED THROUGH USE OF HIGHLY ACTIVE CHAIN TRANSFER AGENTS - Disclosed is an ethylene-based polymer with a density from about 0.90 to about 0.94 in grams per cubic centimeter, with a molecular weight distribution (M | 05-15-2014 |
20140135462 | ETHYLENE-BASED POLYMERS AND PROCESSES TO MAKE THE SAME - The invention provides a process to form an ethylene-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing ethylene in the presence of at least one free-radical agent, and in the presence of a “metal alkyl-containing compound” selected from the group consisting of the following: i) at least one “Group II metal alkyl-containing compound,” ii) at least one “Group III metal alkyl-containing compound,” or iii) a combination of i) and ii). The invention also provides a composition comprising at least one ethylene-based polymer, prepared from a free-radical polymerization, and wherein the ethylene-based polymer has the following property: y>0.28567x−0.00032, wherein y=vinyl/1000 C, as determined by 1H NMR, and x=mol % polymerized ?-olefin, as determined by 13C NMR. The invention also provides a composition comprising at least one ethylene-based polymer, prepared from a free-radical polymerization, and wherein the ethylene-based polymer has the following properties: A) a vinyl content greater than, or equal to, 0.3 vinyl per 1000 C (total carbons), and B) a polymerized alpha-olefin level less than, or equal to, 1.00 mole percent, based on the total moles of polymerized monomers. | 05-15-2014 |
20140213735 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED (LCB), BLOCK, OR INTERCONNECTED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OTHER POLYMER - An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, T | 07-31-2014 |
20150148504 | FREE-RADICAL PROCESSES TO MAKE ETHYLENE-BASED POLYMERS USING ALKLYATED PHENOLS - The invention provides a process to form an ethylene-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing ethylene in presence of at least the following: A) a free-radical agent; B) an alkylated phenol selected from Formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are each, independently, hydrogen or an alkyl; and C) a “metal alkyl-containing compound” selected from the group consisting of the following: i) at least one “Group II metal alkyl-containing compound,” ii) at least one “Group III metal alkyl-containing compound,” and iii) a combination of i) and ii). | 05-28-2015 |