ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,330, issued on May 6, was assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc. (St. Louis).
"Product packing system and method" was invented by Scott Swindells (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Gabriel Di Genova (Wildwood, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packing system for packing products (e.g., medications) and other components into a container for shipping to customers is provided. The packing system includes a system controller that directs carrier devices along routes between task stations. The system controller can monitor the tasks performed by the task stations, the locations of the carrier devices, the tasks yet to be performed...