ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,137, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to RXSAFE LLC (Vista, Calif.).

"Automatic packager for pharmaceuticals and method of operating the same" was invented by William K. Holmes (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Automatic packager for pharmaceuticals and method of operating the same. The method includes receiving a prescription to be filled by a pharmacy management system and identifying one or more bulk containers that contain medications to fill the prescription. The method also includes counting, using a pre-counter, medications from the one or more bulk containers to fill the prescription and depositing the counted medication...