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Patent No. 5871518

Smoking Cessation Lighter and Method

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

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Examiner: Hall, Carl E.


Primary examiner statistics: 2771 patents; average approval time: 646 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 1 patents; average approval time: 963 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6584674 Method of processing rotor
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6418612 Dynamic disc pack balance correction
6415485 Method of manufacturing a two-dimensional transducer array
6405426 Method of manufacturing a stepped magnetic head slider
6405427 Method of making a solenoid actuated fuel injector
6401327 Method of assembling a magnet assembly with self-centering assemb...
6397455 Method for forming a one-piece flexure for small magnetic heads
6381834 Method for dampening acoustical noise in a dry-type transformer
6381820 Semiconductor bulk acoustic resonator with suppressed lateral mod...
6367144 Method of making a head suspension with compliant feature for com...
6367146 Photoresist frame plating method for forming planarized magnetic ...
6367133 Method of manufacturing surface acoustic wave apparatus
6367134 Method of producing a ceramic electronic part
6367145 Method of making a suspension flexure with load-unload efficient ...
6360427 Method of producing a support mechanism for magnetic head sliders
6360424 Method of making micromotors with utilitarian features
6360426 Method of making wireless suspensions with alignment feature
6357106 Method for mounting parts and making an IC card
6353994 Method of securing a head assembly to an actuator arm using a bas...
6351880 Method of forming multi-chip module having an integral capacitor ...
6349455 Method for forming piezoelectric/electrostrictive film element at...
6349454 Method of making thin film resonator apparatus
6349464 Method of making a balance-compensated rotary actuator based upon...
6347441 Manufacturing method of multilayered piezoelectric/electrostricti...
6345435 Method to make laminated yoke for high data rate giant magneto-re...
6345433 Fabrication method for high speed induction motor rotor
6343413 Method of manufacturing a chip inductor
6341416 Method for mass producing partial width linear tape recording hea...
6341414 Method for preparing an inductance element
6341413 Method of making electronic equipment
6341412 Methods of forming a sheath and plastic ring on a electromagnetic...
6341408 Method of manufacturing a multiple-element acoustic probe compris...
6339870 Method of manufacturing electrical windings
6339872 Method of making a merged magnetic head that includes a write hea...
6332262 Method of fabricating a loudspeaker suspension device
6330742 Magnetic head positioning method
6327760 Method of manufacturing a piezoelectric/electrostrictive microact...
6321428 Method of making a piezoelectric transducer having protuberances ...

Patents as Assistant Examiner

Patent No. Patent Title:
6801972 Interface shutdown mode for a data bus slave
 
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