ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,025, issued on March 18, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Method and control system for technical installations with certificate management" was invented by Benjamin Lutz (Pfinztal, Germany) and Anna Palmin (Karlsruhe, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a technical installation, in particular a manufacturing facility or process plant, includes at least one first operator station server and one second operator station server and is configured to initiate the issuance and revocation of certificates for components of the technical installation as part of certificate management, and is configured to publish...