U.S. patents available from 1976 to present.
U.S. patent applications available from 2005 to present.

Icon_funbox Bizarre Patents

Patent No. 5871518

Smoking Cessation Lighter and Method

A lighter for tobacco products suppresses the urge to smoke by operant conditioning.

Newsletter  PatentStorm News

Make the Most of Our Site

See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.

Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.

Registered users: Manage your profile.

 

Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH- -OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION


Location: Not specified.
No. of applications: 1

Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20090298193ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY ON A CHIP
A method of inducing explosive atomization of materials is provided using a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS)-based structure under electrical excitation. Explosive atomization of the gate electrode and surrounding dielectric materials creates a microplasma that is substa... 		12/03/2009
 
Sign InRegister
Username  
Password   
forgot password?