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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: Ferris, Fred


Primary examiner statistics: 103 patents; average approval time: 136 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 62 patents; average approval time: 1753 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7778803 Validation of function approximation by fusion
7401013 Method to optimize test data
7395194 Information management and control system
7356450 Methods for designing roller cone bits by tensile and compressive...
7353152 Method and apparatus for computer modeling diabetes
7319941 Translating mates in geometric models into joint blocks in block ...
7318016 System and method for staggering time points for deployment of ri...
7318017 Collecting and exporting on-chip data processor trace and timing ...
7318015 Method, system and program product for generating scenarios utili...
7315804 Engineering assist method and system
7315799 Method of and article of manufacture for determining probability ...
7313506 Advanced applications for 3-D autoscanning LIDAR system
7310595 Numerically modeling inductive circuit elements
7308388 Method and apparatus for risk management
7305332 System and method for automatic extraction of testing information...
7302374 Method of designing a drill bit, and bits made using said method
7299162 Method and apparatus for providing a polynomial based virtual age...
7295956 Method and apparatus for using interval techniques to solve a mul...
7292969 Method and system for simulating performance on one or more data ...
7292964 Translating of geometric models into block diagram models
7289944 System and method for hazardous incident decision support and tra...
7283945 High level verification of software and hardware descriptions by ...
7283941 Computer system and method for modeling fluid depletion
7277838 Bootstrap data methodology for sequential hybrid model building
7275024 Automatic generation of a dimensional model for business analytic...
7272550 System and method for configurable binding of access control list...
7272545 Method and apparatus for designing and locating chemical structur...
7269540 Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for fast updating o...
7266490 Apparatus and method for connecting hardware to a circuit simulat...
7263478 System and method for design verification
7263475 Method of transferring files and analysis of train operational da...
7260511 Design aid apparatus and design evaluation method for electronic ...
7251591 Consistent back pressure for piezoelectric ink-jet simulation
7251593 Simulation system, method and computer-readable medium for human ...
7246050 Vehicle operations simulator with augmented reality
7239997 Apparatus for statistical LSI delay simulation
7239989 Within-distance query pruning in an R-tree index
7228261 Methods and apparatus for testing and diagnosis of weapon control...
7225117 Method for generating a simulated network using a graphical user ...
7219040 Method and system for model based control of heavy duty gas turbi...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7136786 Method and system for modeling interaction of objects
7076405 Method for estimating power consumption and noise levels of an in...
7050955 System, method and data structure for simulated interaction with ...
7039569 Automatic adaptive dimensioning for CAD software
6996503 System and method for take-off of materials using two-dimensional...
6996516 Apparatus for analyzing software and method of the same
6985844 Method for generating a network
6970811 Hardware modeling of LED relative brightness
6965852 Pseudo random test pattern generation using Markov chains
6959269 Method and system for simulating an unsteady flow field
6952664 System and method for predicting cache performance
6947881 Shared vehicle system and method with vehicle relocation
6944582 Methods for reducing bitline voltage offsets in memory devices
6937969 Method for determining signals in mixed signal systems
6937968 Method and apparatus for sequentially profiling and solving probl...
6931364 Volume detailed building structure
6915251 Memories having reduced bitline voltage offsets
6907391 Method for improving the energy absorbing characteristics of auto...
6895372 System and method for VLSI visualization
6895334 Method and apparatus for optimizing optical system and recording ...
6876960 Method and apparatus for remotely assembling a physical system
6873946 Zeus code tool a method for implementing same and storage medium ...
6868371 System and method to quantify appearance defects in molded plasti...
6862559 Methods and apparatuses for measuring diversity in combinatorial ...
6859769 Method and apparatus for creating elements and systems for descri...
6850876 Cell based binning methods and cell coverage system for molecule ...
6845351 Simulation device and method and program recording medium
6829574 Logic emulation module and logic emulation board
6829571 Method of determining DC margin of a latch
6826520 Method of upscaling permeability for unstructured grids
6826518 Method for distributed agent-based non-expert simulation of manuf...
6820046 System for electrically modeling an electronic structure and meth...
6816828 Logic simulation method in which simulation is dynamically switch...
6813591 Information processing apparatus and method as well as providing ...
6810370 Method for simulation characteristic of a physical system
6799157 Method for improving pin compatibility in microcomputer emulation...
6772105 Blasting method
6760691 Apparatus for indicating strength of building structure, and reco...
6757645 Visual inspection and verification system
6754616 Method of emulating an ideal transformer valid from DC to infinit...
 
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