ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,257, issued on Feb. 3.

"Pill dispensing apparatus having notification function" was invented by Hae Tae Jung (Gimpo-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pill dispensing apparatus having a notification function according to the present invention comprises: a storage part that includes one or more storage boxes for storing different types of pills and discharges the pills from the storage boxes on the basis of combination formulas determined in advance for each user; a dispensing part that includes one or more dispensing boxes respectively corresponding to users and storing the discharged pills, pill sensors for detecting wh...