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Inventor

Clarence Saunders

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1917

Associated with

Years active

1917

Total patents

1

Most recent

1917

Domains

ecommercemechanical

Activity by decade

1910s
1

Patents

1

Career timeline

1 patents, in 1917

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US 1242872·1917·Individual

How Clarence Saunders Invented the Modern Self-Service Grocery Store

A 1917 patent for a store layout that allowed customers to walk through aisles and pick their own goods, replacing the traditional over-the-counter service model.

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