ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,274, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Realtime Applications Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.).

"Systems and methods for real-time monitoring and verification of procedures for start up or shut down of industrial machinery" was invented by John Hyde (Birmingham, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile monitoring device is used to facilitate a process of shutting down or restarting industrial machinery (e.g., motor-driven equipment) in a safe and reliable manner. The monitoring device is configured to monitor states of control devices that control operation of the machinery. The monitoring device is configured to display instructions indi...