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Patent No. 5678617

Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter

A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.

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Assignee: Zyomyx, Inc.


Location: Hayward, CA
No. of patents: 19

NumberTitleIssue Date
7998696Cell assay kit and method
A method and kit for assaying a cell sample for the presence of at least a threshold number of cells of a given type are disclosed. The kit includes an assay device having a sample chamber for receiving the cell sample and an elongate collection chamber containing a...
08/16/2011
7834314Ion detection using a pillar chip
Methods and assemblies for ion detection in samples using a chip with elevated sample zones, also known as a “pillar chip.” Methods include analyzing such a sample by desorbing a sample from a chip, producing a described ion sample and detecting the same. The ch...
11/16/2010
7615190Microdevice and method for detecting a characteristic of a fluid
A microdevice for supporting a flowing fluid is disclosed. In one embodiment, the microdevice includes a substrate and a pair of generally parallel, spaced wall members on the substrate. At least one of the wall members includes a pair of structures defining an open...
11/10/2009
7438856Microfluidic devices and methods
Embodiments of the invention are directed to microfluidic devices. In one embodiment, a microanalysis chip comprises a body having at least one transfer-separation channel with a channel bottom that has a bottom opening. The transfer-separation channel terminates in...
10/21/2008
7247469Non-specific binding resistant protein arrays and methods for making the same
Arrays of protein-capture agents useful for the simultaneous detection of a plurality of proteins which are the expression products, or fragments thereof, of a cell or population of cells in an organism are provided. A variety of antibody arrays, in particular, are ...
07/24/2007
7183392Site-specific, covalent bioconjugation of proteins
Heterofunctional crosslinking groups are provided having the formula: wherein W is a covalent core component; L1, L2 and L3 are independently linking groups; X is a non-covalent o...
02/27/2007
6897073Non-specific binding resistant protein arrays and methods for making the same
Arrays of protein-capture agents useful for the simultaneous detection of a plurality of proteins which are the expression products, or fragments thereof, of a cell or population of cells in an organism are provided. A variety of antibody arrays, in particular, are ...
05/24/2005
6885960Methods and devices for performing impedance spectroscopy
A highly time resolved impedance spectroscopy that enhances the measurement of the dynamics of non-stationary systems with enhanced time resolution. The highly time resolved impedance spectroscopy includes an optimized, frequency rich a.c., or transient, voltage sig...
04/26/2005
6794197Microdevice and method for detecting a characteristic of a fluid
A microdevice for supporting a flowing fluid is disclosed. In one embodiment, the microdevice includes a substrate and a pair of generally parallel, spaced wall members on the substrate. At least one of the wall members includes a pair of structures defining an open...
09/21/2004
6780582Arrays of protein-capture agents and methods of use thereof
Arrays of protein-capture agents useful for the simultaneous detection of a plurality of proteins which are the expression products, or fragments thereof, of a cell or population of cells in an organism are provided. A variety of antibody arrays, in particular, are ...
08/24/2004
6730516Microfluidic devices and methods
Embodiments of the invention are directed to microfluidic devices. In one embodiment, a microanalysis chip comprises a body having at least one transfer-separation channel with a channel bottom that has a bottom opening. The transfer-separation channel terminates in...
05/04/2004
6720165Methods for making antibody fragments and compositions resulting therefrom
Improved methods for making antibody fragments, preferably F(ab′)2 fragments from various classes and subclasses of antibodies is described. Pretreatment of antibodies with deglycosylases or cellular inhibition of glycosylation during expression, yields...
04/13/2004
6720157Chips having elevated sample surfaces
A chip is disclosed. The chip includes a base including a non-sample surface and at least one structure includes a pillar. Each structure includes a sample surface that is elevated with respect to the non-sample surface and each structure may be adapted to receive a...
04/13/2004
6686154Screening of phage displayed peptides without clearing of the cell culture
This invention provides methods for screening populations of phage-displayed polypeptides that are particularly well-suited for high-throughput screening. The methods do not require the clearing of cells from a culture used to obtain the population of pha...
02/03/2004
6682942Microdevices for screening biomolecules
Methods for the parallel, in vitro screening of biomolecular activity using miniaturized microfabricated devices are provided. The biomolecules immobilized on the surface of the devices employed in the method of the present invention include proteins, pol...
01/27/2004
6596545Microdevices for screening biomolecules
Devices for the parallel, in vitro screening of biomolecular activity using miniaturized microfabricated devices are provided. The biomolecules immobilized on the surface of the devices of the present invention include proteins, polypeptides, polynucleoti...
07/22/2003
6582969Microdevices for high-throughput screening of biomolecules
Methods for the parallel, in vitro screening of biomolecular activity using miniaturized microfabricated devices are provided. The biomolecules that can be immobilized on the surface of the devices of the present invention include proteins, polypeptides, ...
06/24/2003
6576478Microdevices for high-throughput screening of biomolecules
Devices for the parallel, in vitro screening of biomolecular activity using miniaturized microfabricated devices are provided. The biomolecules that can be immobilized on the surface of the devices of the present invention include proteins, polypeptides, ...
06/10/2003
6454924Microfluidic devices and methods
Embodiments of the invention are directed to microfluidic devices. In one embodiment, a microanalysis chip comprises a body having at least one transfer-separation channel with a channel bottom that has a bottom opening. The transfer-separation channel te...
09/24/2002
 
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