ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,589, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"System and method for industrial automation rules engine" was invented by Andrew R. Stump (Mentor, Ohio), Anthony Carrara (Strongsville, Ohio), Christopher W. Como (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Sharon Billi-Duran (Euclid, Ohio), Matthew R. Ericsson (Lyndhurst, Ohio), Srdjan Josipovic (Lyndhurst, Ohio), Eashwer Srinivasan (Fremont, Calif.) and Michael D. Kalan (Highland Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A (GUI) for designing an industrial automation system includes a design window and a first accessory window. The GUI presents ...