ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,967, issued on June 30, was assigned to Manufacturing Compliance and Automation Services Inc. (Knightdale, N.C.).

"Multi-axis robotic vial loading system" was invented by Cameron Jones (Wendell, N.C.), Michael Nativi (Holly Springs, N.C.), Brandon Pitts (Nashville, N.C.) and Eric Longo (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-axis robotic vial loading system designed for transporting containers. The multi-axis robotic loading system includes a conveyor belt for transporting vials to a multi-axis robotic arm. The multi-axis robotic arm includes a gripper configured to attach to one or more vials. The multi-axis robotic ar...