ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,314, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Richard J Freedland (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Pill dispensers, systems and/or methods" was invented by W. Gregory Duda (Grass Valley, Calif.), Richard J. Freedland (Mountain View, Calif.), Alex Moraru (Aptos, Calif.) and Milton R. Grinberg (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pill dispenser devices, systems and methods are shown and/or described herein. Include are a method, device or system for pill delivery including disposing a pill at a known location; contacting the pill with a pick-up member; and, moving the pill from the known location by movement of the pick-up member."

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