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Vaporization of volatile materials

Patent 6095153 Issued on August 1, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 19, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor: Counts, et al.

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Patent #: 5224498
Issued on: 07/06/1993
Inventor: Deevi, et al.

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Inventors

Application

No. 100658 filed on 06/19/1998

US Classes:

131/194, Heat exchanging and/or insulating131/272, Smoke to air ratio controlled131/273, Smoking simulator131/330Device used for smoking

Examiners

Primary: Derrington, James
Assistant: McBride, Robert

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A24F 001/22

Abstract

Vaporization of volatile materials while avoiding combustion and denaturation of such material provide an alternative to combustion as means of volatilizing bioactive and flavor compounds to make such compounds available for inhalation without generating toxic or carcinogenic substances that are by-products of combustion and pyrolysis.

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