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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168584 | Methods of treating age-related macular degeneration by compstatin and analogs thereof The present invention features the use of compstatin and complement inhibiting analogs thereof for treating and/or preventing age related macular degeneration and other conditions involving macular degeneration, choroidal neovascularization, and/or retinal neovascul... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8029557 | Esophageal valve An esophageal valve comprising a polymeric valve body having an outer support region, at least three valve leaflets, and a main body region extending between the support region and the valve leaflets. The valve has a normally closed configuration in which the valve ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7820178 | VEGF isoforms and their use as anti-angiogenic, anti-vasodilatory, anti-permeability and anti-proliferative agents An isolated VEGF polypeptide having anti-angiogenic activity, said polypeptide including the amino acid sequence of SEQ. ID NO. 1, or variants thereof. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7783757 | Systems and methods of revalidating cached objects in parallel with request for object The present solution provides a variety of techniques for accelerating and optimizing network traffic, such as HTTP based network traffic. The solution described herein provides techniques in the areas of proxy caching, protocol acceleration, domain name resolution ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7724141 | Dynamically reconfigurable antennas for RFID label encoders/readers A dynamically reconfigurable antenna system for an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) reader/encoder includes a plurality of antenna elements; and a mechanism constructed and adapted to dynamically and selectively configure said plurality of antenna elements duri... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720954 | Method and appliance for using a dynamic response time to determine responsiveness of network services In a method and appliance for using a dynamic response time to determine responsiveness of one or more network services on a server, a monitor determines a response time for each of one or more network services. The monitor establishes an average response time based... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7683780 | Methods and apparatus for RFID tag placement Systems and methods for placing RFID tags on objects are shown and described. The method includes scanning an object and analyzing one or more reflected signals from the to determine a suggested location for placement of an RFID tag. The scan can be accomplished usi... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676813 | Method and system for accessing resources In a method for accessing resources provided by an operating system, a request for a resource is received by an application program executing inside a first environment. A first identifier associated with the resource is acquired. A second identifier referring to th... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7666595 | Biomarkers for predicting prostate cancer progression The present invention relates to the identification and use of gene expression profiles with clinical relevance to prostate cancer. In particular, the invention provides the identity of genes whose expression, at the transcriptional and protein levels, is correlated... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7613131 | Overlay network infrastructure A method and apparatus for processing an overlay network infrastructure. In one embodiment, the method comprises a plurality of transparent access points (TAPs). Each TAP is communicably coupled between one or more clients and servers and a wide area network (WAN) t... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7612092 | Nitrogen-containing aromatic derivatives Compounds represented by the following general formula: [wherein Ag is an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; Xg is —O—, —S—, etc.; Yg is an optionally... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7606902 | Method and systems for routing packets from an endpoint to a gateway A method for routing packets from an endpoint to a gateway includes the step of receiving a filtering table. An outbound packet is intercepted. The outbound packet is transmitted to a client application, responsive to the filtering table. The client application tran... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7601725 | Thienopyrimidines useful as Aurora kinase inhibitors The present invention provides compounds having the formula: wherein R1, R2, X1, X2, L1, L2, Y and Z are as defined in classes and s... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7596593 | Methods and apparatus for efficiently transmitting interactive application data between a client and server using markup language A method for efficiently transferring data between a client and a server includes the steps of: providing an application program; providing an application-independent client process effecting a plurality of client states; providing an application-independent server ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7587755 | System and method for executing interactive applications with minimal privileges A mechanism for running interactive applications with a minimal set of privileges is disclosed. The privileges form a subset of the privileges afforded to the user requesting the application and are allocated consistent with the principle of least privilege. The app... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7584294 | Systems and methods for prefetching objects for caching using QOS The present solution provides a variety of techniques for accelerating and optimizing network traffic, such as HTTP based network traffic. The solution described herein provides techniques in the areas of proxy caching, protocol acceleration, domain name resolution ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581005 | Systems and methods for preserving transport layer protocol options The solution of the present invention provides systems and methods for preserving transport layer header options traversing network devices that terminate transport layer connections. The solution described herein provides a bi-directional intelligent proxying syste... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579325 | Drugs containing reduced of vitamin B The present invention provides medicines for preventing or treating infectious diseases, sepsis and/or septic shock, which exhibit excellent immunostimulating effects. More specifically, the invention provides medicines for immunostimulation and infection-protection... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7578797 | System for providing lumbar motion and support A seating system for providing spinal motion and support. The system comprising a substantially static structure adjacent to the back of a user, a moving apparatus supplying a motive force, wherein the moving apparatus is adjacent to the buttocks and thighs of the u... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7562226 | System and method for permission-based access using a shared account A mechanism for rapidly authenticating an interactive user in an operating system logon session based on a shared account by using a credential delivery application to enable permission-based access to a user's remote session from the shared account is disclosed. Th... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7562146 | Encapsulating protocol for session persistence and reliability The invention relates to network communications. A first protocol that encapsulates a plurality of secondary protocols is used to communicate over a network. Use of the first protocol provides session persistence and a reliable connection between a client and a host... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7555529 | Interacting with software applications displayed in a web page The invention enables the display of application-output data within application-output windows embedded in a web browser window. The application-output windows can be dynamically moved, resized and otherwise manipulated within the web browser window even when the ap... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551620 | Protecting data integrity in an enhanced network connection The integrity of a data stream transmitted over a network is protected by adjusting the sequence number, the port number, or another field of a data packet field, for a number of data packets so that the data packets will be considered either valid or invalid by a d... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7547522 | Method to enrich for α(1,3)-galactosyltransferase null pig cells The invention relates to the genetic manipulation of non-human animals. More particularly, the invention relates to genetic manipulation of non-human animals to be used for xenotransplantation. The invention provides a method of selecting GGTA 1 null cells, a viable... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7534490 | Composite nanoparticles, nanoparticles and methods for producing same In various aspects provided are methods for producing a nanoparticle within a cross-linked, collapsed polymeric material. In various embodiments, the methods comprise (a) providing a polymeric solution comprising a polymeric material; (b) collapsing at least a porti... | 05/19/2009 |
| D587826 | Multiple light configuration for a vehicle | 03/03/2009 |
| 7468380 | Nitrogen-containing aromatic derivatives A compound represented by the general formula: wherein X1 represents a nitrogen atom or a group represented by the formula —CR10═; X2 represents a nitrogen atom or a group represented by... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7446130 | Ionic colloidal crystals Ionic colloidal crystals (ordered multicomponent colloids formed by attractive electrostatic interactions) may be produced by controlling the surface potential and relative size of multiple populations of colloidal particles in suspension. Such suspensions are dried... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7433144 | Dynamic system control method Techniques are provided herein for reducing vibrations in various modes of a dynamic system. One such technique comprises incorporating vibration limiting and sensitivity constraints into a partial fraction expansion equation model of the system so as to reduce vibr... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7418434 | Forward-chaining inferencing A method is disclosed of forward-chaining inferencing in a rulebased system having a rulebase and a set of input facts, wherein new facts are inferred in accordance with variations to the rules or the input facts, the method including: ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7381382 | Wide dynamic range multistage plasmatron reformer system A method and apparatus for a multistage plasmatron fuel reformer system having a wide dynamic operational range. In one aspect, the system includes a plasmatron configured for low flow operation followed by a reaction extension cylinder and then by a nozzle section ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7365095 | Chromane and chromene derivatives and uses thereof Compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided: wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, y, m, n, and Ar are as defined, and described in classes and subc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361772 | Process for the production of atorvastatin calcium In one aspect, the invention provides a process for the production of 5-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-2-isopropyl-4-phenyl-1-(3,5,7-trihydroxy-heptyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid phenylamide hemicalcium salt, stereoisomers thereof or polymorphs thereof from a (6-{2-[2-(4-Fluor... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7314033 | Fuel management system for variable ethanol octane enhancement of gasoline engines Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7282329 | Suspended microchannel detectors An apparatus for detecting an analyte in solution that has a suspended beam containing at least one microfluidic channel containing a capture ligand that bonds to or reacts with an analyte. The apparatus also includes at least one detector for measuring a change in ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7269757 | Distributed computer monitoring system and methods for autonomous computer management Methods and systems are provided by which a flexible, efficient and easy-to-use real-time enterprise management system is provided. The methods and systems provided can effectively monitor and manage the resources and events of each of a plurality of computers withi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265368 | Ion optical mounting assemblies In various embodiments, provided are ion optical assemblies, and systems for mounting and aligning ion optic components. In various embodiments, the present teachings provide ion optical assemblies with features that facilitate the alignment of ion optical elements.... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7243305 | Spelling and grammar checking system System of correcting misspelled words in input text detects a misspelled word in the input text, determines a list of alternative words for the misspelled word, and ranks the list of alternative words based on a context of the input text. In certain embodiments, fin... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7176454 | Ion sources for mass spectrometry Provided are ion sources, methods of forming ions and mass analyzer systems. In various embodiments, the present teachings provide ion sources, methods for focusing ions from an ion source, and methods for operating a time-of-flight mass analyzer. In various embodim... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7153831 | Rabconnectin-3-binding protein A protein useful for clarifying the regulation mechanism of Ca2+-dependent exocytosis in particular, the activation and inactivation of Rab3A, and a method of screening for a material useful for regulating Ca2+-dependent exocytosis in particula... | 12/26/2006 |
