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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: Lonsberry, Hunter


Primary examiner statistics: 115 patents; average approval time: 148 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 40 patents; average approval time: 1919 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8189123 Projection apparatus
8191097 Method and apparatus for hierarchical distribution of video conte...
RE43394 Apparatus for connecting TV and computer
8176516 Video recorder having user extended and automatically extended ti...
8176521 Client server based interactive television program guide system w...
8171514 Managing favorite channels
8161514 Program guide system with video-on-demand browsing
8156522 Linked information system
8151315 Hybrid audio/video entertainment system
8149329 Image processing system and related image processing method there...
8136141 Method and system for allocating bandwidth based on transmission ...
8132212 Enhanced television services
8132203 In-program content targeting
8132216 Method and system for controlling a multi-terminal system
8122464 Methods and apparatus to monitor media content on a consumer netw...
8122479 Methods and apparatus for providing virtual content over a networ...
8108896 Method and system for providing interactive services using video ...
8108898 Content and application download based on a home network system c...
8108897 Method and apparatus for displaying entertainment system data upo...
8108888 Methods and apparatus to monitor audio/visual content from variou...
8108892 Interactive television network and method including content searc...
8104061 Universal programming system and method for electronic programmin...
8104063 Information storage apparatus, its control method, and storage me...
8104064 Bi-directional remote control unit and method of using the same
8099755 Systems and methods for controlling the encoding of a media strea...
8099751 Apparatus and method for displaying digital multimedia broadcasti...
8099752 Non-real time services
8095948 System and method for billing for interactive television
8091102 Methods and systems that motivate tuning to a transmission channe...
8091105 Method and apparatus for reproducing contents based on electronic...
8091110 Client-server based interactive television program guide system w...
8091109 Set-top box-based TV streaming and redirecting
8087048 Television program guide with a digital storage device
8082573 Broadcast receiving device and method of controlling a broadcast ...
8082565 Converged communication server with transaction management
8082568 Electronic program guide with integrated program listings
8079042 Dynamic IPTV group profile creation and management
8065700 Methods and apparatus for identifying audio/video content using t...
8060909 Personal media broadcasting system
8051454 Personal media broadcasting system with output buffer

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7225456 Gateway screen for interactive television
7194757 Method and apparatus for push and pull distribution of multimedia
7178159 Information providing apparatus
7178157 Information transmission system, information output apparatus, in...
7174561 MPEG dual-channel decoder data and control protocols for real-tim...
7168084 Method and apparatus for targeting virtual objects
7155736 Image transmission apparatus, image transmission system, and comm...
7146631 Content providing system and terminal used therein
7111315 Information providing apparatus and method, information receiving...
7100181 Television proximity sensor
7076792 Document data structure and method for integrating broadcast tele...
7069576 Interactive television program guide system with pay program pack...
7013478 Method and apparatus for interactive program suggestion
6993785 Apparatus for and method of creating a device page for a device w...
6986158 System and method for distributing video information over network
6966064 System and method for processing audio-only programs in a televis...
6918135 Session oriented settop communication using dynamic, synchronized...
6820278 Cooperative television application system having multiple user te...
6813776 Method for automatic and semi-automatic event scheduling based on...
6804827 Transmission system and method signal adjusting apparatus and met...
6785902 Document data structure and method for integrating broadcast tele...
6785904 Method and system for providing household level television progra...
6751800 Information processing apparatus, method, and computer-readable m...
6687908 Interactive television
6671879 Method and apparatus for pay-per-view system
6651251 System and method for linking video, services and applications in...
6622305 System and method for displaying near video on demand
6606746 Interactive television system and method for displaying a graphic...
6588012 Combination terminal unit
6553567 Wireless device for displaying integrated computer and television...
6536043 Method and systems for scalable representation of multimedia data...
6532592 Bi-directional remote control unit and method of using the same
6519769 Audience measurement system employing local time coincidence codi...
6519771 System for interactive chat without a keyboard
6519773 Method and apparatus for a digitized CATV network for bundled ser...
6507949 Information system
6505347 Control information generating apparatus for broadcast system
6496980 Method of providing replay on demand for streaming digital multim...
6493876 System and method for providing a full service television system
6446263 Anti-loading CATV interface circuit and method
 
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