ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,411, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Pharmacy pill viewer" was invented by Adam Evenson (Del Rio, Texas) and Austin Schmidle (Laughlin AFB, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pharmacy pill tray for viewing and/or counting pills includes a viewing portion comprising a substantially planar floor surface for supporting the pills thereon, an enclosed funnel extending from the viewing portion and configured to selectively receive pills from the support surface, and a spout extending from the enclosed funnel and having an inner d...