Patents by Inventor William A. MacDonald

William A. MacDonald has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9582644
    Abstract: A system and method is described for printing a label with an RFID tag. The system includes an RFID reader that queries a first RFID tag coupled to a first medicinal container that includes a medication. In response, the system receives a first unique identifier and uses the first unique identifier to determine a status of the medication, associate the first medicinal container with a medical provider and print a second label that includes a second RFID tag for a second medicinal container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Ashley Gitchell, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz, Kevin William MacDonald, Nicholas Bastien Petersen, Julie Christina Meloni, Christian Lee Doyle, Michael David Waud, David Mario Pedra, Nicholas Ward Stocchero, Michael Christopher Wimpee, Steven Shyu, Mahesh Murali
  • Patent number: 9449296
    Abstract: A pharmacy kit is managed by defining multiple rules for determining whether a segment of a pharmacy kit is satisfactorily stocked, selecting at least one rule among the multiple rules according to a kit stocking contingency, an prompting a user to stock the segment of the pharmacy kit according to the selected at least one rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, David Mario Pedra, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz, Christian Doyle, Eric Brody
  • Patent number: 9367665
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
  • Publication number: 20160132649
    Abstract: A system and method is described for printing a label with an RFID tag. The system includes an RFID reader that queries a first RFID tag coupled to a first medicinal container that includes a medication. In response, the system receives a first unique identifier and uses the first unique identifier to determine a status of the medication, associate the first medicinal container with a medical provider and print a second label that includes a second RFID tag for a second medicinal container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Jennifer Ashley Gitchell, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz, Kevin William MacDonald, Nicholas Bastien Petersen, Julie Christina Meloni, Christian Lee Doyle, Michael David Waud, David Mario Pedra, Nicholas Ward Stocchero, Michael Christopher Wimpee, Steven Shyu, Mahesh Murali
  • Patent number: 9235413
    Abstract: In semiconductor wafer manufacturing, processes such as analyzing test data associated with semiconductor wafers, interpreting the test data analysis, and acting on the test data interpretation and analysis are automated. Such automation can eliminate delays that were previously imposed by the action of test analysis engineers and wafer fabrication personnel, thereby reducing the amount of useless material that is produced before a process defect can be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: William MacDonald, George Logsdon, Matthew Lascom, Steven Craig Gessler
  • Publication number: 20150339622
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
  • Publication number: 20150339623
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
  • Patent number: 9171280
    Abstract: A system and method is described for printing a label with an RFID tag. The system includes an RFID reader that queries a first RFID tag coupled to a first medicinal container that includes a medication. In response, the system receives a first unique identifier and uses the first unique identifier to determine a status of the medication, associate the first medicinal container with a medical provider and print a second label that includes a second RFID tag for a second medicinal container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Ashley Gitchell, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz, Kevin William MacDonald, Nicholas Bastien Petersen, Julie Christina Meloni, Christian Lee Doyle, Michael David Waud, David Mario Pedra, Nicholas Ward Stocchero, Michael Christopher Wimpee, Steven Shyu, Mahesh Murali
  • Publication number: 20150235005
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
  • Patent number: 9096724
    Abstract: A copolyester comprising repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, naphthalene-dicarboxylic acid, and the monomer of formula (I) wherein n=2, 3 or 4, and films, fibres, moulding compositions and moulded articles made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, William A. Macdonald, David Turner, Howard Colquhoun, Stephen Meehan
  • Patent number: 9074052
    Abstract: A copolyester comprising repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, terephthalic acid, and the monomer of formula (I): wherein n=2, 3 or 4, and films, fibres, moulding compositions and moulded articles made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, William A. MacDonald, David Turner, Howard Colquhoun, Stephen Meehan
  • Patent number: 9058412
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
  • Patent number: 9058413
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
  • Publication number: 20150161558
    Abstract: A system and method is described for printing a label with an RFID tag. The system includes an RFID reader that queries a first RFID tag coupled to a first medicinal container that includes a medication. In response, the system receives a first unique identifier and uses the first unique identifier to determine a status of the medication, associate the first medicinal container with a medical provider and print a second label that includes a second RFID tag for a second medicinal container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Jennifer Ashley Gitchell, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz, Kevin William MacDonald, Nicholas Bastien Petersen, Julie Christina Meloni, Christian Lee Doyle, Michael David Waud, David Mario Pedra, Nicholas Ward Stocchero, Michael Christopher Wimpee, Steven Shyu, Mahesh Murali
  • Publication number: 20150142467
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
  • Publication number: 20150142469
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
  • Publication number: 20150142468
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
  • Patent number: 9037479
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
  • Patent number: 8990099
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
  • Publication number: 20150058182
    Abstract: A method of operating an electronic system comprises receiving an input identifying one or more pharmacy items, accessing stored information corresponding to the one or more pharmacy items based on the received input, determining a value of at least one contextual attribute of the one or more pharmacy items based on the accessed information, and selectively executing, blocking, or modifying a workflow to control distribution of the one or more pharmacy items according to the value of the at least one contextual attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz, Kevin William MacDonald, Nicholas Bastien Petersen, Michael David Waud