ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,306, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc. (St. Louis).
"Temperature-responsive packaging for drug shipping" was invented by Jacob J. Reinhardt (Wentzville, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mail-order drug delivery system includes an order processing device configured to determine a first shipping mode and a corresponding first shipping carrier, generate an expected shipping duration associated with delivery of a drug, determine an origin forecasted temperature, determine a destination forecasted temperature, associate a shipping container with the drug to contain the drug, access temperature...