ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,488, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Modular automation support system" was invented by Nicolai Schoch (Heidelberg, Germany), Katharina Stark (Weinheim, Germany) and Mario Hoernicke (Landau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular automation support system for modular plants comprises an automation engineering support system comprising a feedback processing component configured to modify the operation of one or more other components of the automation engineering support system based on user feedback."

The patent was filed on Aug. 10, 2022, under Application No. 17/884,728.

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