ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,727, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Systems and methods managing containers in an operational technology network" was invented by Nathaniel S. Sandler (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Bruce T. McCleave Jr. (Mission Viejo, Calif.), James M. Teal (New Brunswick, N.J.), Bart Nieuwborg (Saint Priest, France), Todd A. Wiese (Hubertus, Wis.), Jonathan A. Mills (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) and Michael J. Anthony (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer readable medium stores instructions that cause a processor to receive an indication of a request for analysis of a simulatio...