IP Library Granted Patent US 6,860,513
Granted Patent B2
US 6,860,513 · App. 10/297,262 · Granted Mar 1, 2005

Verification of prescription information and warning label

Assignee: Scriptchek Visual Verification Systems, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 6,860,513
App. No.
10/297,262
Granted
Mar 1, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a unique prescription label, printed on one side that allows a consumer to check and verify the accuracy of the prescribed medication as well as to provide additional information on the medication container by increasing the usable size and area of the prescription label with an informational tab extending radially from the container, the present invention also provides a means for easy application of the prescription label onto the container by scoring the facing on the first portion and second portion of the label and scoring the backing of the second portion of the label in order to create an even fold between the two portions.

Claims (15)

1. A method of applying a pharmaceutical label to a container comprising:

placing an elongated label on a medicinal container, said label having a front face and a rear face, said rear face having an adhesive backing and a silicon backed liner attached to said rear face, removing a first rear portion of said liner from said label and placing a corresponding

first label portion of said label circumferentially around said container and around less than the entire circumference of said container with said front face of said first label portion facing outward from said container,

leaving a second rear portion of said liner on said label such that a second portion of said label projects radially outward from said container, and

whereas said first label portion and said second label portion display written information printed on said front face of said label.

2. A method of applying a pharmaceutical label to a container comprising:

placing an elongated label on a medicinal container, said label having a front face and a rear face, said rear face having an adhesive backing and a silicon backed liner attached to said rear face, removing a first rear portion of said liner from said label and placing

a corresponding first label portion of said label circumferentially around less than the entire circumference of said container with said front face of said first label portion facing outward from said container,

leaving a second rear portion of said liner on said label such that a second portion of said label projects radially outward from said container and a third portion, wherein said third portion is folded back onto said second portion forming an information tab and said tab extends radially from said container, and

whereas said first label portion and said second label portion display written information printed on said front face of said label.

3. A method of applying a pharmaceutical label to a container comprising:

placing an elongated label on a medicinal container, said label having a front face and a rear face, said rear face having an adhesive backing and a silicon backed liner attached to said rear face, removing a first rear portion of said liner from said label and

placing a corresponding first label portion of said label circumferentially around less than the entire circumference of said container with said front face of said first label portion facing outward from said container,

leaving a second rear portion of said liner on said label such that a second portion of said label projects radially outward from said container and a third portion, wherein the rear of said second portion and said third portion have exposed adhesive and the entire adhesive portion of said third portion adheres to the entire adhesive portion of said second portion and wherein said third portion is folded back onto said second portion forming an information tab and said tab extends radially from said container, and

whereas said first label portion and said second label portion display written information printed on said front face of said label.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2019
From: J M SMITH CORPORATION
To: SCRIPTCHEK VISUAL VERIFICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051233/0867 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2012
From: KAUFMAN, STACY R.
To: J M SMITH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028967/0666 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2012
From: SCRIPTCHEK VISUAL VERIFICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
To: KAUFMAN, STACY R.
Reel/Frame 028613/0349 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2003
From: KAUFMAN, STACY R.
To: SCRIPTCHEK VISUAL VERIFICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 013925/0113 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030205897A1 · Nov 6, 2003