Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
122 patents granted to the 4 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to McKesson Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
122
116 utility, 6 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
15
Against 12 in 2024 and 15 in 2023
Applications published
105
4 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
IT methods for management18
Medical technology15
Computer technology12
Digital communication8
Handling7
Control1
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
McKesson Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
23 publishedMcKesson Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
76 publishedMcKesson Specialty Care Distribution Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 publishedMcKesson Medical-Surgical Minnesota Supply Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,469,040 | Method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing real-time pricing information | IT methods for management | McKesson Corporation |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,469,037 | Computing device, method and computer program product for constructing a consolidated message | Medical technology | McKesson Corporation |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 12,388,859 | Risk-based vulnerability management | Digital communication | McKesson Corporation |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 12,367,954 | Method, apparatus, and computer program product for estimating a target quantitative measure based upon historical electronic messages | IT methods for management | McKesson Corporation |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 12,365,499 | Systems and methods for automated prescription preparation | Handling | McKesson Corporation |
| Jul 8, 2025 | 12,354,735 | Systems and methods for class of trade recommendations for a healthcare site | IT methods for management | McKesson Corporation |
| Jun 24, 2025 | 12,340,878 | Methods and systems for converting unstructured data into an encoded, structured representation | Medical technology | McKesson Corporation |
| Jun 10, 2025 | 12,327,619 | Method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating summary data objects | Medical technology | McKesson Corporation |
| May 27, 2025 | 12,315,623 | Computing system and method for supporting selective prioritization | Medical technology | McKesson Corporation |
| Mar 18, 2025 | 12,254,969 | Verification bypass in a dispensing pharmacy | Medical technology | McKesson Corporation |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Oct 2, 2025 | 2025/0308683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASS OF TRADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A HEALTHCARE SITE | IT methods for management | McKesson Corporation |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 2025/0210174 | VERIFICATION BYPASS IN A DISPENSING PHARMACY | Medical technology | McKesson Corporation |
| Jun 12, 2025 | 2025/0190243 | PROGRAMMABLE HARDWARE PROXY FOR ASSESSMENT OF CONTROL LOGIC | Computer technology | McKesson Corporation |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 2025/0130989 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IDENTIFYING SPLIT ELECTRONIC DATA RECORDS | Computer technology | McKesson Corporation |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2024/0411749 | Method, Apparatus, And Computer Program Product For Utilizing Accumulation Records To Reduce Network Transactions | IT methods for management | McKesson Corporation |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 2024/0404095 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR STORAGE ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT | Computer technology | McKesson Corporation |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 2024/0246703 | Systems And Methods For Automated Prescription Preparation | Handling | McKesson Corporation · patent 12,365,499 granted from it |
| Jul 4, 2024 | 2024/0220515 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYTICS USING VISUALIZATIONS AND STANDARDIZATION CONSTRUCTS | Computer technology | McKesson Corporation |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 2024/0190689 | APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR THE AUTOMATED RETRIEVAL, TRANSPORT, AND PROCESSING OF ARTICLES | Handling | McKesson Corporation |
| May 2, 2024 | 2024/0146755 | RISK-BASED VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT | Digital communication | McKesson Corporation · patent 12,388,859 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Handling 4 · Computer technology 4 · IT methods for management 2 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 1 · Digital communication 1 · Medical technology 1.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.