Article dispensing – Plural sources – stacks or compartments – With discharge means for each source
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-17
2006-10-17
Crawford, Gene O. (Department: 3651)
Article dispensing
Plural sources, stacks or compartments
With discharge means for each source
C221S155000, C221S191000, C221S092000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07121427
ABSTRACT:
A medicament storage and dispensing system (10) operable for storing and dispensing products (12) such as pre-packaged pharmaceutical boxes and/or bottles and broadly includes a cabinet (14); a plurality of product shelves (16) mounted within the cabinet; an infeed conveyor (18) for transporting products into the cabinet; an outfeed conveyor (20) for transporting products out of the cabinet; a transporter (22) moveable within the cabinet for transporting products between the shelves and the infeed and outfeed conveyors; and a control system (24) for controlling operation of the conveyors and the transporter in response to prescriptions received from a host computer (26). The shelves having a plurality of vertical walls (56) upon which the products rest and between which tines (130) of the transporter slide in order to retrieve products from and place products upon the shelves.
REFERENCES:
patent: 341045 (1886-11-01), Igel et al.
patent: 1128561 (1915-02-01), Webendorfer
patent: 2088038 (1937-07-01), Scott et al.
patent: 2137501 (1938-11-01), Myers
patent: 2176000 (1939-10-01), Siehrs
patent: 2348927 (1944-05-01), Runsvold et al.
patent: 2690856 (1954-10-01), Trondle
patent: 2781947 (1957-02-01), Webster et al.
patent: 2929532 (1960-03-01), Tonelli
patent: 3045864 (1962-07-01), Hurst et al.
patent: 3069654 (1962-12-01), Hough
patent: 3166177 (1965-01-01), Laverty
patent: 3193196 (1965-07-01), Merrill et al.
patent: 3206062 (1965-09-01), Rappaport
patent: 3215310 (1965-11-01), Hurst et al.
patent: 3277998 (1966-10-01), Medoff
patent: 3368713 (1968-02-01), Hurst et al.
patent: 3400857 (1968-09-01), Schubert
patent: 3603327 (1971-09-01), Buchholz et al.
patent: 3677437 (1972-07-01), Haigler
patent: 3692211 (1972-09-01), Flubacker
patent: 3719288 (1973-03-01), Schmitt et al.
patent: 3746211 (1973-07-01), Burgess, Jr.
patent: 3782590 (1974-01-01), Apfel
patent: 3823844 (1974-07-01), Linkemer et al.
patent: 3837139 (1974-09-01), Roseberg
patent: 3871156 (1975-03-01), Koenig et al.
patent: 3885702 (1975-05-01), Jostin et al.
patent: 3917045 (1975-11-01), Williams et al.
patent: 3921196 (1975-11-01), Patterson
patent: 3985264 (1976-10-01), Shaw et al.
patent: 3997063 (1976-12-01), Adams et al.
patent: 4013192 (1977-03-01), Pillon
patent: 4018358 (1977-04-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 4247019 (1981-01-01), Lerner
patent: 4264396 (1981-04-01), Steward
patent: 4284301 (1981-08-01), Geiger et al.
patent: 4386860 (1983-06-01), Price et al.
patent: 4468277 (1984-08-01), Kontz
patent: 4476381 (1984-10-01), Rubin
patent: 4546901 (1985-10-01), Buttarazzi
patent: 4615350 (1986-10-01), Boudville
patent: 4660824 (1987-04-01), Hermkens et al.
patent: 4714515 (1987-12-01), Hoffmann
patent: 4753473 (1988-06-01), Arnett
patent: 4787803 (1988-11-01), van Elten et al.
patent: 4803487 (1989-02-01), Willard et al.
patent: 4810230 (1989-03-01), Shirasawa
patent: 4811764 (1989-03-01), McLaughlin
patent: 4812629 (1989-03-01), O'Neil et al.
patent: 4835372 (1989-05-01), Gombrich et al.
patent: 4851072 (1989-07-01), Kontz
patent: 4857716 (1989-08-01), Gombrich et al.
patent: 4868409 (1989-09-01), Tanaka et al.
patent: 4869394 (1989-09-01), Hurst
patent: 4872803 (1989-10-01), Asakawa
patent: 4902263 (1990-02-01), Ito et al.
patent: 4918604 (1990-04-01), Baum
patent: 4954817 (1990-09-01), Levine
patent: 4958280 (1990-09-01), Pauly et al.
patent: 5007085 (1991-04-01), Greanias et al.
patent: 5020958 (1991-06-01), Tuttobene
patent: 5033785 (1991-07-01), Woolley, Jr.
patent: 5082268 (1992-01-01), Santoro
patent: 5143193 (1992-09-01), Geraci
patent: 5194857 (1993-03-01), Gomez
patent: 5208762 (1993-05-01), Charhut et al.
patent: 5323677 (1994-06-01), Knutson
patent: 5332275 (1994-07-01), Conway et al.
patent: 5335664 (1994-08-01), Nagashima
patent: 5337919 (1994-08-01), Spaulding et al.
patent: 5348061 (1994-09-01), Riley et al.
patent: 5401059 (1995-03-01), Ferrario
patent: 5453759 (1995-09-01), Seebach
patent: 5463839 (1995-11-01), Stange et al.
patent: 5481265 (1996-01-01), Russell
patent: 5493805 (1996-02-01), Penuela et al.
patent: 5499707 (1996-03-01), Steury
patent: 5512879 (1996-04-01), Stokes
patent: 5562232 (1996-10-01), Pearson
patent: 5597995 (1997-01-01), Williams et al.
patent: 5621384 (1997-04-01), Crimmins et al.
patent: 5629981 (1997-05-01), Nerlikar
patent: 5671592 (1997-09-01), Yuyama et al.
patent: 5682032 (1997-10-01), Philipp
patent: 5700998 (1997-12-01), Palti
patent: 5706026 (1998-01-01), Kent et al.
patent: 5713485 (1998-02-01), Liff et al.
patent: 5713487 (1998-02-01), Coughlin
patent: 5718525 (1998-02-01), Bruhnke et al.
patent: 5724894 (1998-03-01), Knorovsky
patent: 5762235 (1998-06-01), Coughlin
patent: 5771657 (1998-06-01), Lasher et al.
patent: 5781511 (1998-07-01), Yasukawa et al.
patent: 5797515 (1998-08-01), Liff et al.
patent: 5798020 (1998-08-01), Coughlin et al.
patent: 5812410 (1998-09-01), Lion et al.
patent: 5832296 (1998-11-01), Wang et al.
patent: 5845264 (1998-12-01), Nellhaus
patent: 5860563 (1999-01-01), Guerra et al.
patent: 5873488 (1999-02-01), Guerra
patent: 5883370 (1999-03-01), Walker et al.
patent: 5884806 (1999-03-01), Boyer et al.
patent: 5897024 (1999-04-01), Coughlin et al.
patent: 5903225 (1999-05-01), Schmitt et al.
patent: 5907493 (1999-05-01), Boyer et al.
patent: 5959530 (1999-09-01), Lupien, Jr. et al.
patent: 5963453 (1999-10-01), East
patent: 6006946 (1999-12-01), Williams et al.
patent: D418494 (2000-01-01), Robb
patent: 6036017 (2000-03-01), Bayliss, IV
patent: 6036812 (2000-03-01), Williams et al.
patent: 6039251 (2000-03-01), Holowko et al.
patent: 6070140 (2000-05-01), Tran
patent: 6075189 (2000-06-01), Robb
patent: 6085938 (2000-07-01), Coughlin
patent: 6119737 (2000-09-01), Yuyama et al.
patent: 6155485 (2000-12-01), Coughlin et al.
patent: 6161721 (2000-12-01), Kudera et al.
patent: 6206590 (2001-03-01), Thomas et al.
patent: D440570 (2001-04-01), Schneider
patent: 6225988 (2001-05-01), Robb
patent: 6249277 (2001-06-01), Varveris
patent: 6310542 (2001-10-01), Gehlot
patent: 6318630 (2001-11-01), Coughlin et al.
patent: 6320570 (2001-11-01), Robb
patent: 6343711 (2002-02-01), Coughlin
patent: 6346886 (2002-02-01), De La Huerga
patent: D458933 (2002-06-01), Schneider
patent: 6421584 (2002-07-01), Norberg et al.
patent: 6477442 (2002-11-01), Valerino, Sr.
patent: 6478185 (2002-11-01), Kodama et al.
patent: 6526158 (2003-02-01), Goldberg
patent: 6533480 (2003-03-01), Schneider
patent: 6564104 (2003-05-01), Nelson et al.
patent: 6574580 (2003-06-01), Hamilton
patent: 6575596 (2003-06-01), Butt
patent: 6578734 (2003-06-01), Coughlin
patent: 6587090 (2003-07-01), Jarra
patent: 6592005 (2003-07-01), Coughlin et al.
patent: 6600418 (2003-07-01), Francis et al.
patent: 6624739 (2003-09-01), Stobbe
patent: 6692211 (2004-02-01), Yuyama et al.
patent: 6695207 (2004-02-01), Norris, Jr.
patent: 6703918 (2004-03-01), Kita
patent: 6724690 (2004-04-01), Endo et al.
patent: 6774796 (2004-08-01), Smith
patent: 2003/0142588 (2003-07-01), Kawatahara
patent: 99676775 (1997-05-01), None
patent: 4235047 (1994-04-01), None
patent: 282785 (1988-09-01), None
patent: 0471530 (1991-12-01), None
patent: 0827733 (1997-08-01), None
patent: 0924676 (1998-10-01), None
patent: 1449591 (1966-08-01), None
patent: 2109137 (1983-05-01), None
patent: 53145260 (1978-12-01), None
patent: 0043743 (1984-03-01), None
patent: 3031965 (1991-02-01), None
patent: 3240602 (1991-10-01), None
patent: 4174061 (1992-06-01), None
patent: 6127635 (1993-05-01), None
patent: 6315521 (1994-11-01), None
patent: 7187165 (1995-07-01), None
patent: 8007058 (1996-01-01), None
patent: 8115376 (1996-05-01), None
patent: 9034964 (1997-02-01), None
patent: 9202301 (1997-08-01), None
patent: 9231342 (1997-09-01), None
patent: 09259344 (1997-10-01), None
patent: 11296727 (1997-10-01), None
patent: 10059336 (1998-03-01), None
patent: SU918086 (1982-04-01), None
patent: 9422580 (1994-10-01), None
patent: 9529455 (1995-11-01), None
patent: 9809598 (1998-03-01), None
Guerra, Lawrence E.; U.S. Appl. No. 10/896,477, filed Jul. 22, 2004; Fork Based Transport Storage System for Pharmaceutical Unit.
Coughlin, Michael E.; U.
Crawford Gene O.
Hovey & Williams, LLP
ScriptPro LLC
Waggoner Timothy
LandOfFree
Fork based transport storage system for pharmaceutical unit... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Fork based transport storage system for pharmaceutical unit..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Fork based transport storage system for pharmaceutical unit... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3639362