ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,540, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Industrial automation secure remote access" was invented by Stephen C. Briant (Corapolis, Pa.), Nathaniel S Sandler (Mayfield Heights, Ohio), Scott A. Miller (Mayfield Heights, Ohio), Ryan P Dunn (Mayfield Heights, Ohio), Bruce T. McCleave Jr. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio), Nabin Acharya (San Jose, Calif.) and Julie Nguyen (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An industrial information hub (IIH) and an industrial development hub (IDH) serve as an industrial ecosystem platform where multiple participants can deliver rep...