ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,326, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Using cloud-based data for industrial simulation" was invented by Juan Asenjo (Timberlake, Ohio), John Strohmenger (Strongsville, Ohio), Stephen Nawalaniec (Southlake, Texas), Bradford H. Hegrat (Montville, Ohio), Joseph A. Harkulich (Willoughby, Ohio), Jessica Lin Korpela (Milwaukee), Jenifer Rydberg Wright (Renton, Wash.), Rainer Hessmer (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), John Dyck (Chardon, Ohio), Edward Alan Hill (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) and Sal Conti (Olmsted Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cloud-based simulatio...