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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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Examiner: Brown, Michael A.


Primary examiner statistics: 2489 patents; average approval time: 2487 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 491 patents; average approval time: 492 days

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8087412 Dip-formed synthetic polyisoprene latex articles with improved in...
8088089 Apparatus and methods for reducing shoulder dislocations
8083696 Light and massage multi-therapy hairbrush
8083703 Clubfoot orthotics
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8075507 Relating to socks
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8066652 Massage device with a hoist transmission mechanism
8066656 Range of motion device
8066705 Instrumentation for the endoscopic correction of spinal disease
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8047206 Magnetic devices, systems, and methods placed in or on a tongue

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7510539 Health equipment
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7447923 Systems and methods for mutually exclusive activation of micropro...
7447928 Method for booting computer multimedia systems with a hot key sta...
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7441113 Method and apparatus for virtualization of appliances
7437579 System and method for selective memory module power management
7434078 Synchronization with hardware utilizing software clock slaving vi...
7434081 System and method for read synchronization of memory modules
7430673 Power management system for computing platform
7428644 System and method for selective memory module power management
7426632 Clock distribution for interconnect structures
7424624 Rack equipment power purchase plan supervision system and method
7421606 DLL phase detection using advanced phase equalization
7421596 Disk array system
7418587 Compound computer machine and management method of compound compu...
7409537 Fast booting an operating system from an off state
7409574 Measuring elapsed time for a software routine
7409569 System and method for application driven power management among i...
7406616 Data de-skew method and system
7404090 Device and computer system for power management using serial link...
7401240 Method for dynamically managing power in microprocessor chips acc...
7398409 Semiconductor integrated circuit and its power-saving control met...
7395422 Method and system of changing a startup list of programs to deter...
7392418 Capacity on demand using signaling bus control
7389434 Keep awake heuristic
7383448 Power management apparatus, printer, file server, printing system...
7383450 Low power firmware
7383429 Configuring settings of a computer system to be compatible with a...
7376822 Method of initializing multiple devices using job scheduler
7376848 Battery powered device with dynamic power and performance managem...
7373526 System and method for managing power in an ASF system
7373538 Method for determining interconnect line performance within an in...
7370186 Multi-tasking bootstrap system and method
7366932 Method and apparatus to adapt the clock rate of a programmable co...
7366920 System and method for selective memory module power management
7363519 Method and apparatus for power management by user needs
7360100 Intelligent power management control system and method
7360101 Apparatus and method for controlling CPU speed transition
 
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