ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,573, issued on July 21, was assigned to REMEDI TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC (Towson, Md.).

"Blister package stacker" was invented by Bobby Archer (Lebanon, Mo.), Bruce Scott Dunn (Springboro, Ohio) and Jan Bohlmann (White Hall, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blister collation system includes a blister packager with a blister seal station which seals a blister package with a medicament inside and a blister package stacker connected to the blister packager via a conveyor which moves individual blister packages. The blister package stacker has a nest inlet for reception of the blister packages from the conveyor, a nest assembly for hol...