ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,628, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Resource management for modular plants" was invented by Marcel Dix (Mannheim, Germany), Katharina Stark (Weinheim, Germany), Roland Braun (Niederkassel Luelsdorf, Germany), Michael Vach (Wilhelmsfeld, Germany), Sten Gruener (Laudenbach, Germany), Mario Hoernicke (Landau, Germany) and Nicolai Schoch (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented resource management method for modular plants may include: receiving data identifying a required module type to be assembled into the modular plant as part of a module pipeline including o...