US Patent Issued to Rockwell Automation Technologies on Sept. 15 for "Lifecycle management of industrial automation devices" (American, Polish, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,732, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Lifecycle management of industrial automation devices" was invented by Scott A. Miller (Oakdale, Pa.), Michael J. Anthony (Milwaukee), Adam J. Gregory (Oak Creek, Wis.), Evan J. Kausalik (Appleton, Wis.), Robert J. Koba (Sosnowiec, Poland), Randy Scott Oakley Jr. (Waukesha, Wis.), Beniamin J. Skubis (Bukowno, Poland) and Rudy Zhi Yang (Dalian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for managing device lifecycles within an industrial automation environment includes receiving a request for lifecycle management data includin...