ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,256, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc. (St. Louis).

"Prescription drug bottle measuring device and method of use" was invented by Andrew J. Seiffert (O'Fallon, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The bottle measuring device includes a jig that has a floor. At least one wall extends upwardly from the floor and partially surrounds a bottle receiving space. The jig also includes a plurality of measurement markers that are spaced vertically apart from one another on the at least one wall to indicate a fill level of the bottle when the bottle is in the bottle receiving space of the jig. The bottl...