ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,351, issued on July 15, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Distributing order execution in a MOM system" was invented by Giorgio Corsini (Genoa, Italy), Andrea Loleo (Genoa, Italy), Ernesto Montaldo (Genoa, Italy) and Giovanni Venturi (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method distributes order execution in a MOM system. A GOM module is capable of generating production orders with a negotiable requirement. Each LOM module is capable of offering to the GOM module local order planning functionalities for a production order due to a communication based on a bilateral negotiation exchange with the GOM module on negotiable p...