ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,227, issued on June 16.
"Method and device for implementation of a smoking cessation program" was invented by Andreas Unsicker (Regensburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for a smoking cessation program are disclosed. The method includes: defining a buffer value for virtual smoke products for a withdrawal day, defining a stock value for virtual smoke products for the withdrawal day, defining a buffer fill time for transferring the virtual smoke products from the stock value to the buffer value for the withdrawal day, and allowing one of the smoke products to be withdrawn from the housing as long as the num...