ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,902, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Control system" was invented by Michael A. Pouchak (St. Anthony, Minn.), Ravi Bharathi Krishnan (Bangalore, India) and Paul Wacker (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powerful direct digital control (DDC) and integration control platform that is scalable and easy to use and meet building owners and contractors' desires for a highly secure and robust technical solution. One may combine heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) DDC control with the embedded workstation platform, and DDC controllers with embedded workstation pla...