ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,114, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc. (St. Louis).

"Pharmaceutical order processing systems and associated methods" was invented by Robert E. Hoffman (Linden, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pharmaceutical order processing system, components thereof, and associated methods. The pharmaceutical order processing system includes an order processing device, a container former, and a pharmaceutical dispensing device. The order processing device receives a pharmaceutical order of one or more pharmaceuticals and determines a container volume for containing at least a portion of the one or ...