US Patent Issued to FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL on July 8 for "Method and system for executing online tests of valve seating integrity for control valves" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,368, issued on July 8, was assigned to FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC (Marshalltown, Iowa).

"Method and system for executing online tests of valve seating integrity for control valves" was invented by John S. Fuller (Marshalltown, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods may be provided to execute online tests of a valve in a digital valve positioner. The digital valve positioner may receive a request to execute a test of the valve, which specifies a test start point, and queue the request for execution. The digital valve positioner may subsequently receive a new setpoint for the valve. The digital valve positioner m...