ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,901, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Verily Health Inc. (Dallas).

"Network-connected containers having medication stored therein" was invented by Jasper Lodewyk Steyn (San Bruno, Calif.), Jaeden Hutchison (Oakland, Calif.), Madeline Folkerts (San Francisco), Jonathan Grossman (San Francisco) and Charles Hammond (Walnut Creek, 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 have various features that allow them to be more easily managed by the individuals to whom the medications were prescribed. Some fe...