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Amazon gains patent to ship items before customers buy them

In the US, Amazon has patented a delivery method that will allow it to ship items before customers buy them, reports the Wall Street Journal. In December 2013, Amazon gained a patent for ‘anticipatory package shipping’, which will allow the company to overcome potential delivery delays by packaging and shipping items...

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