ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,224, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to WALGREEN Co. (Deerfield, Ill.).

"Automated pharmacy translation engine for prescription medication instructions" was invented by Tolu P. Akinwale (Des Plaines, Ill.), Mohsin O. Ansari (Highland Park, Ill.), Jon Arends (Chicago), Donnamarie A. Christie (Orlando, Fla.) and David M. Jennings (Winnetka, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, apparatus, and method for providing an automated translation engine for translating a prescription into a standardized format is generally disclosed. More particularly, embodiments described in this disclosure relate to a system, apparatus, and method fo...