US Patent Issued to McKesson on March 18 for "Verification bypass in a dispensing pharmacy" (Illinois, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,969, issued on March 18, was assigned to McKesson Corp. (Irving, Texas).

"Verification bypass in a dispensing pharmacy" was invented by Juston Oakes (San Angelo, Texas) and Hommy Lopez (Plainfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies are provided for verification bypass in an automated dispensing pharmacy. In some embodiments, a computing system can identify a first automation device from a group of automation devices that dispense unit-of-use packages. The computing system can then cause a state of verification bypass for the first automation device to transition to an active state at a first time. At a second time aft...