Appeal No. 2006-1272
Application No. 10/104,615
conferencing station thereby increasing work efficiency and eliminate
potential prescription dispensing errors.
I. Appellants argue that Liff does not make any teaching or suggestion of a central
video-conferencing station that allows a pharmacist to verify prescription information for a
technician at a remote site from within a central site [supplemental brief, page 5, last
paragraph].
We disagree. As pointed out by the examiner (answer, page 4), Liff explicitly
discloses using a pharmacist located at a central location (i.e., at the RPH workstation shown
in figures 11A, 11B) to verify prescription information for a technician located at one of a
plurality of remotes sites (i.e., at the Remote Control Dispenser stations RCD1-4 shown in
figures 11A, 11B), as claimed: See Liff, col. 13, lines 17-19, also Fig. 12:
At the RPH workstation, the pharmacist verifies the prescription 281 and performs a
drug utilization review 282.
See also Liff at col. 11, line 35:
The remote pharmacist concept is an extension of the remote control dispensing
capabilities of the present invention. A computer workstation is provided to assist a
technician or other registered pharmacist in the filling of prescriptions. In general,
this comprises several steps which are listed below:
1) retrieve the patient inquiry data--this defines the patient for whom the prescription
is intended; the allergy, drug, and disease states of the patient; and the insurance
payor(s) of the patient;
2) select the drug, signa, and other prescription-related parameters such as "refills
authorized", "dispense as written", "compound code", etc.;
3) select the prescriber identification number;
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