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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2008
Mary Toth, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Javier Verdura, Milford, CT (US);
Craig Pirie, Ontario, CA;
Daniel Peter Sterling, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Erik Joseph Moses, New Haven, CT (US);
Peter Michaelian, New York, NY (US);
Richard A. Gross, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Dieter F. Lay, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Roger Rinker, Hatfield, PA (US);
Kristin Recchiuti, North Wales, PA (US);
Leonard Wojnarowicz, Jr., Willow Grove, PA (US);
John Spano, Bordentown, NJ (US);
Mary Toth, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Javier Verdura, Milford, CT (US);
Craig Pirie, Ontario, CA;
Daniel Peter Sterling, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Erik Joseph Moses, New Haven, CT (US);
Peter Michaelian, New York, NY (US);
Richard A. Gross, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Dieter F. Lay, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Roger Rinker, Hatfield, PA (US);
Kristin Recchiuti, North Wales, PA (US);
Leonard Wojnarowicz, Jr., Willow Grove, PA (US);
John Spano, Bordentown, NJ (US);
McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention features a method of selling dosage forms without a prescription. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the dosage forms are sold in a container displayed on a retail shelf without outer secondary packaging. The container preferably is made of a material through which the dosage forms are visible. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the container has at least one substantially flat side wall and is laid on a retail display shelf on its substantially flat side wall. The container may be formed to have only one plane of symmetry. At least one of the side walls of the container may be formed to facilitate gripping of the container.