ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,283, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Bluesight Inc. (Alexandria, Va.).

"Medication tracking" was invented by Jennifer Ashley Gitchell (Washington), Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz (Arlington, Va.), Kevin William MacDonald (Miami), Nicholas Bastien Petersen (Washington), Julie Christina Meloni (Washington), Christian Lee Doyle (Silver Spring, Md.), Michael David Waud (Washington), David Mario Pedra (Washington), Nicholas Ward Stocchero (Washington), Michael Christopher Wimpee (Washington), Steven Shyu (Washington) and Mahesh Murali (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method is described for printing a label with an ...