ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,611, issued on May 12, was assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Using cloud-based data for industrial automation system training" was invented by Juan Asenjo (Timberlake, Ohio), John Strohmenger (Strongsville, Ohio), Stephen Nawalaniec (Southlake, Texas), Bradford H. Hegrat (Montville, Ohio), Joseph A. Harkulich (Willoughby, Ohio), Jessica Lin Korpela (Milwaukee), Jenifer Rydberg Wright (Renton, Wash.), Rainer Hessmer (Los Gatos, Calif.), John Dyck (Chardon, Ohio), Edward Alan Hill (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) and Sal Conti (Olmsted Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cloud-based performanc...