ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,040, issued on July 28, was assigned to Verily Health Inc. (Dallas).

"Networked containers designed to promote compliance with a medication regimen" was invented by Jonathan Grossman (San Francisco) and Jasper L. Steyn (San Bruno, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Introduced here are containers designed to promote compliance with regimens for administering the medications stored therein. These containers can facilitate the conveyance of information related to a regimen through the use of a non-written medium. A container may include one or more display elements configured to emit/reflect light to indicate when medication stored i...