ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,744, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Safety automation builder-integrator" was invented by David Main-Reade (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Xinli Lin (Milwaukee), Jonathan B Johnson (Milwaukee), Susan Stuebe (Milwaukee), Matthew R. Kuenzi (Milwaukee), Kevin Zomchek (Milwaukee), Todd M Bissell (Nashua, N.H.), Burt Sacherski (Nashua, N.H.), Linda A Freeman (Orlando, Fla.), Usha R Kolukula (Littleton, Mass.) and Ian Murgatroyd (Suffolk, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety design system assists in the development of compliant industrial safety systems. User...