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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: Peyton, Tammara


Primary examiner statistics: 414 patents; average approval time: 415 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 192 patents; average approval time: 1097 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8117354 Automatically disabling input/output signal processing based on t...
8117362 Programmable multi-function Z-wave adapter for Z-wave wireless ne...
8103811 Memory option card having predetermined number of activation/deac...
8099531 Information processing method and computer program comprising net...
8099526 Method and apparatus for enabling and disabling a lock mode by sq...
8095700 Controller and method for statistical allocation of multichannel ...
8090881 Method and system for minimizing unnecessary topology discovery o...
8090883 Method, system and computer program product for enhanced shared s...
8090885 Automatically configuring computer devices wherein customization ...
8082372 Methods and apparatus for providing bit-reversal and multicast fu...
8082371 Method and circuit arrangement for the monitoring and management ...
8073987 PCI express card type peripheral apparatus and host apparatus for...
8069277 System and method for operating USB peripheral device in extented...
8069276 Image display device and method of changing first information wit...
8069286 Flexible on-chip datapath interface having first and second compo...
8065454 System and method for mapping functions to and from network devic...
8065442 High performance journaling for replication and continuous data p...
8060670 Method and systems for storing and accessing data in USB attached...
8060665 Integrated circuit input/output interface with empirically determ...
8055810 Mobile terminal and switching method for controlling data transmi...
8041863 Automated solution to provide personalized user environment on an...
8041853 Adjustable elasticity FIFO buffer with preload value having a num...
8041871 System and method for providing address decode and virtual functi...
8041859 Apparatus and method for connectivity in networks capable of non-...
8041861 Memory device communicating with a host at different speeds and m...
8037220 Techniques for providing audio for synchronized playback by multi...
8032668 Protocol adapter for passing diagnostic messages between a host c...
8032667 Commodity sales data processor system having camera for picking u...
8028105 System and method for virtual adapter resource allocation matrix ...
8024501 Serial data interface system and method using a selectively acces...
8019913 Dynamically setting burst length of double data rate memory devic...
8019906 Dual mode displayport (DP) and high definition multimedia interfa...
8001283 Efficient, scalable and high performance mechanism for handling I...
8001304 Portable memory device with multiple I/O interfaces wherein each ...
7996586 USB port for employing a plurality of selectable data transmissio...
7996579 Apparatus, methods, and computer-code for handling an impending d...
7987303 Medical interface with multiple communication channels having dif...
7987305 Remote virtual placeholder configuration for distributed input/ou...
7984212 System and method for utilizing first-in-first-out (FIFO) resourc...
7984207 Dynamically setting burst length of double data rate memory devic...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6911987 Method and system for transmitting data for a shared application
6850994 Method for determining status of a computer device and detecting ...
6757844 Architecture and logic to control a device without a JTAG port th...
6754723 System comprising host device that determines compatibility of fi...
6754742 Queue management system having one read and one write per cycle b...
6751689 Interface circuit and method for transmitting data between a seri...
6751691 Arrangement for data transfer between a computer and peripheral d...
6751683 Method, system and program products for projecting the impact of ...
6748464 Semiconductor device comprising CPU and peripheral circuit wherei...
6745264 Method and apparatus for configuring an interface controller wher...
6742133 Clock controlling method and clock control circuit
6738834 System for reconfiguring a peripheral device using configuration ...
6732265 Computer operating system using compressed ROM image in RAM
6732205 Serial/parallel conversion circuit, data transfer control device,...
6728796 Arrangement and method for signal processing and storing
6728789 System and method employing a static logical identifier in conjuc...
6721813 Computer system implementing a system and method for tracking the...
6718408 Interchangeable and configurable input/output module for a comput...
6711636 Transfer attribute encoding within an address on a bus
6711631 Low power CD-ROM player with CD-ROM subsystem for portable comput...
6708270 Programmable unit having on chip debugging support module (OCDS) ...
6704808 Expansion unit setup control method that allocates predetermined ...
6701395 Analog-to-digital converter that preseeds memory with channel ide...
6697889 First-in first-out data transfer control device having a pluralit...
6697894 System, apparatus and method for providing maintenance instructio...
6694384 Method and system to remotely configure business office devices t...
6694391 Combination computer mouse and telephony handset
6691184 System and method employing a dynamic logical identifier
6684265 System for assigning new alerts in response to a plurality of esc...
6681268 Dual pointing screen cursor device comprising touch pad and stick...
6668291 Non-blocking concurrent queues with direct node access by threads
6668288 Telecommunications data conferencing platform having secure firew...
6658464 User station software that controls transport, storage, and prese...
6654819 External direct memory access processor interface to centralized ...
6651111 System and method for managing a serial port
6651112 Data transmission between connected modules wherein each module s...
6647434 Multifunction device with register space for individually enablin...
6647435 Method and apparatus system with first and second controller conn...
6643715 Method and apparatus for implementing multiple V-chip settings fo...
6640261 Method and apparatus for scheduler coupled to memory array wherei...
 
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