UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 30, 2003 Accelr8 Technology Corporation ------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) Colorado 0-11485 84-1072256 -------- ------- ---------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer of incorporation) Identification No.) 303 East Seventeenth Avenue, #108, Denver, Colorado 80203 --------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (303) 863-8088 Not Applicable. --------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) ITEM 5. OTHER ITEMS. On July 30, 2003, Accelr8 Technology Corporation (the "Corporation") announced that it had filed a provisional patent application for microarraying methods to rapidly detect and quantitatively measure nucleic acids and proteins in a biological sample. The new technology, named YoDx(TM), complements and enhances the capabilities of the Corporation's QuanDx(TM) light scattering detection technology. Microarraying and related analyses are important in research for drug discovery, molecular diagnostics, food-borne pathogen detection and bio-defense. The Corporation's scientists expect the new technology to shorten analysis incubation times by rapidly agitating the sample mixture and rapidly concentrating sample target molecules into a reaction zone. A copy of the Press Release announcing the settlement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 7. EXHIBITS. Designation Description ----------- ----------- 99.1 Press Release dated July 30, 2003. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. ACCELR8 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Date: July 30, 2003 By: /s/ Thomas V. Geimer ------------------------ Thomas V. Geimer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer