ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,996, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Industrial asset model versioning control and access" was invented by Chirayu S Shah (Milwaukee), Heiko Ott (Muensingen, Germany), Adrian Dams (Kiln Farm, Great Britain) and Bruce McCleave Jr. (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Industrial asset model versioning control and access (e.g., using a computerized tool) is enabled. For example, a system can comprise: a memory that stores executable components, and a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components, the executable components com...