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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: Kramer, Dean J.


Primary examiner statistics: 1592 patents; average approval time: 1591 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 311 patents; average approval time: 579 days

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Patent No. Patent Title:
7461881 Consumer post hole digger
7462020 Concrete pump with pivotable hopper asssembly
7461880 Post hole digger
7461509 Method and system for determining lean blow out condition for gas...
7462018 Air compressor having stable configuration
7461882 Microfabricated mechanically actuated microtool and methods
7458623 Wrap for bundling objects
7458622 Tongs for Handling food
7455338 Leveling device for lifting apparatus and associated methods
7455339 Laptop safety carrier
7452191 Vacuum pump and method for generating sub-pressure
7452017 Expandable finger gripper
7452016 Non-contact carrying device
7448659 Pet debris scooper systems
7448661 Pallet loading and unloading sling
7448660 Tongs with encapsulated locking mechanism
7445260 Gripping type hand
7438537 Liquid additive injection pump with mixing chamber and one way va...
7434856 Gripper and method of operating the same
7431360 Portable animal waste remover
7431364 Microgripper device for a micro-mechanism
7431362 Carton holder
7431361 Waste collection device
7429067 Light string mounting apparatus and method of use thereof
7427091 Spear head overshot for use in a cable guided fishing assembly
7425027 Mortarboard
7425028 Combination handle and sewer hose support
7422253 Glass handling tool and method of carrying glass
7422254 Bait applicator
7422255 Sling
7422256 Lifting sling with excessive elongation warning indicator
7416233 Tandem axle trailer pin extracter apparatus
7413418 Fluidic compressor
7410197 Bag dispenser attachable to a leash having lighting mechanism and...
7407207 Pet waste removal scooper
7401827 Bottle tote
7401828 Substrate conveyance device for fabrication of liquid crystal dis...
7399019 Automatic adjustable spreader bar
7399167 Fluid machine operable in both pump mode and motor mode and waste...
7399017 Bucket lifting device

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5326143 Refuse collecting device
5318331 Robot finger structure
5316356 Game dragging device
5299848 Tooling comprising tongs with two pivoted arms, with a release sy...
5297833 Apparatus for gripping a down hole tubular for support and rotati...
5297834 Method for lifting and transferring a disabled person to and from...
5295723 Gripping bell for bottles or the like
5294161 Tennis ball retrieving and storing device
5294163 Carrier device for ice fishing apparatus
5292165 Lifting hook with a safety latch and capable of being provided wi...
5292161 Ball pickup apparatus
5292163 Hook apparatus for lifting a heavy object
5290081 Chip mounter
5288120 Garment carrier
5288118 Building gutter cleaning implement
5284374 Apparatus for remotely handling components
5282660 Sealable container for sanitary collection of matter, particularl...
5280982 Clamp device for transferring construction material
5280981 End effector with load-sensitive digit actuation mechanisms
5277466 Golf ball retriever
5277467 Stackable, foldable, snap-on carton holder
5273329 Retrieval and litter pick tool
5273334 Garment carrier
5269575 Dog waste scoop and cooperating bag
5269577 Carpentry stud alignment tool
5267766 Tool gripper
5267765 Load carrying apparatus
5265926 Golf ball retriever
5263755 Portable carrier
5259654 Spring loaded grabbing and hoisting tongs
5257843 Pivotable sheet carrier
5255950 Clamp with freely rotatable coupling and associated method of rot...
5253910 Gripper clamp and machine for treating objects, particularly bott...
5253911 Gripper apparatus for use in a robotics system
5251945 Device for protecting and transporting articles
5251946 Compound tool drive
5249832 Magnetized opener/closer for zippers
5246259 Applicator device for positioning a contact lens on the human eye
5244243 Apparatus for attaching a lifting mechanism to a load
5242202 Plug-in wheel grabber

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