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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J. Hess, Lincroft, NJ (US);
Scott L. Sullivan, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08K 0/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08K 0/710 ;
Abstract
A pill imprinted with a micro barcode of encoded information pertaining to source identification and/or medical information pertaining to the contents of the pill. A device for reading the micro barcode on the pills and indicating what was read. The device may convey the pills in succession and sort them in accordance with the expiration date or type of medication.