ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,786, issued on April 7, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Anomalous event aggregation for analysis and system response" was invented by Taryl J. Jasper (Concord Township, Ohio), Jack M. Visoky (Willoughby, Ohio), Ankur Mohan (Jersey City, N.J.), David E. Huffman (Lake Mills, Wis.), Donald P. McCoy (Stow, Ohio) and David D. Brandt (New Berlin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technology disclosed herein describes a system and method for aggregating event information in an industrial automation system for analysis and response. In an implementation, industrial automation devices perform industrial a...