ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,887, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Baker Hughes Holdings LLC (Houston).

"Context preserving filters" was invented by Rohit Wani (Aurangabad, India), Saudamini Ingale (Thane West, India), Pinal Bhuta (Thane West, India), Ozge C. Whiting (Pawtucket, Mass.) and Karan Sonawane (Thane, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preserving context filter criteria includes receiving data characterizing selection of a first application of a plurality of applications associated with an industrial via a first tab of a web browser that includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The industrial enterprise includes a plurality of industri...