ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,018, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH (Munich).

"Railway system with diagnostic system and method for operating same" was invented by Witali Sauter (Braunschweig, Germany) and Karsten Blum (Braunschweig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A railway system has a diagnostic system for monitoring railway components of the railway system and at least one railway component connected to the diagnostic system. The railway component is configured to automatically transmit a self-describing data set to the diagnostic system and/or allow the diagnostic system to request such a data set as part of a plug-and-play proce...