ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,324, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Wiring assistance system" was invented by Michael Baran (Milwaukee), Benjamin Henderson (Chardon, Ohio), Stuart Scholz (Waukesha, Wis.), Paul Biever (Rice Lake, Wis.), Christopher Mollink (Kitchener, Canada), Robert Chrobot (Katowice, Poland), Suresh Babu Gulur Narasimha Murthy (Bangalore, India), Shridhar Hegde (Bangalore, India) and Mohamed Yusuf (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring assistance method includes receiving wiring data associated with a set of industrial automation devices and a set of wires an...