ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,968, issued on Oct. 14.

"Cocktail smoking chimneys having replaceable, interchangeable parts for modifying the flavor, volume and pattern of smoke infused into beverages" was invented by Blake A. Oliver (Lebanon, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cocktail smoking chimney for infusing smoke into beverages has replaceable parts. The cocktail smoking chimney includes a sealing base having top and bottom major surfaces one or more smoke transfer openings extending between the top and bottom major surfaces. A chimney stack has an upper end, a lower end with a bottom major surface, and a central opening extending from the upper end to ...