ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,660, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Gateway and method for transforming a description of an industrial process equipment into a data information model" was invented by Darko Anicic (Munich) and Alexander Hoffman (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Modern industrial processes demand flexibility in terms of how data flows are structured in an automation pyramid. Instead of only upward and downward flows, the data should be accessible directly at each level of the pyramid. A gateway for facilitating an integration of process equipment within an industrial environment supporting an open industry standard is p...