ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,939, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to WORLDGRID FRANCE SAS (Bezons, France) and ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (Paris).

"System for the operation and the assistance in the operation of a critical industrial process and associated method" was invented by Franck Jadot (Pontcharra, France), Francois Pebay Peyroula (Seyssins, France), Olivier Deschamps (Crolles, France), Jean-Claude Hocquette (Crolles, France), Jean-Luc Doutre (Annecy le Vieux, France), Pascal Fauquembergue (Fontenay aux Roses, France), Laurent Rocheforti (Poissy, France) and Caroline Baumgarten (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system with a plurality of operator stati...