US Patent Issued to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES on April 21 for "Using software encoded processing to achieve a SIL rating for safety applications executed in the cloud or in non-safety rated servers" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,970, issued on April 21, was assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Using software encoded processing to achieve a SIL rating for safety applications executed in the cloud or in non-safety rated servers" was invented by Steven Terry Seidlitz (Milwaukee), James Grosskreuz (Milwaukee) and Xiaobo Peng (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cloud-based industrial safety system executes safety applications and interfaces with industrial assets on the plant floor using software encoded processing (SEP). The use of SEP ensures safety reliable execution of safety applications and data communication ...