Portable biometric lighter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8653942
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12195348

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A portable biometric lighter device (100) generally involving a control unit (210), a biometric sensor, such as a fingerprint sensor (140), wherein the biometric sensor is configured to scan a biometric data of a user and is operably coupled to the control unit (210), and an ignition element, wherein the ignition element is activated by the control unit (210) upon a match of the scanned biometric data of the user and a biometric data of an authorized user that is stored in a memory device.

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GIBSON JOHN8173 STARWOOD DRIVE LOVES PARK IL 61111

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gibson, John Los Osos, US 35 208
Leung, Chan Hong Kong, CN 3 25
Olcott, Adam Paso Robles, US 3 25
Zand, Mark Camarillo, US 9 186

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