US Patent Issued to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs on Oct. 20 for "Medication container and lid therefor" (Nebraska, Utah, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,074, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Medication container and lid therefor" was invented by Jason Ramirez (Salt Lake City), Taylor Wahlig (Omaha, Neb.), Alison Quinn (Memphis, Tenn.), Mark Drinkwater (Boston), John T. Miller (Richmond, Va.) and Brian Burkhardt (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid for inactivating or otherwise deterring use of a medication in a medication container is disclosed. The lid has a body that is configured to be secured to the medication container. A receptacle has a deterrent composition therein. A...