ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,189, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Bayern, Germany).

"Method and device for detecting a web break of a fibrous web, industrial plant and computer program product" was invented by Stefan Ingo Meier (Marloffstein, Germany), Steffen Hofmann (Erlangen, Germany) and Jurgen Mielke (Bamberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring an industrial plant. In a first part of the industrial plant, first parameters are provided. The industrial plant is used to produce and/or process a fibrous material web. Second parameters are provided in a second part. The parameters are stored, pr...