ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,167, issued on April 14.

"Cigar trimmer limiting device" was invented by Harry Faengler (Live Oak, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cigar cutting device for cutting a head of a cigar at a precise length includes a cigar cutter that has a sleeve and a pair of blades each is slidably disposed in the sleeve. The cigar cutter has a cigar opening extending laterally through the sleeve to insertably receive a head of a cigar. Each of the pair of blades is slidable into a cutting position to cut the head of the cigar from the cigar. A stop is coupled to the sleeve and the stop is aligned with the cigar opening. In this way the stop a...