ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,238, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Process graphics generator for a zoomable diagram representing an industrial process plant" was invented by Heiko Koziolek (Karlsruhe, Germany), Julius Rueckert (Langen, Germany), Benjamin Kloepper (Mannheim, Germany), Hadil Abukwaik (Weinheim, Germany), Pablo Rodriguez (Ilvesheim, Germany) and Andreas Berlet (Schriesheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method used for generating a zoomable diagram includes providing a topology diagram of at least a part of the industrial plant for interacting with components of the industrial plant; generating, ...