ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,582, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Wittmann Technology GmbH (Vienna).

"Method the representation and operation of production resources, in particular for the plastics-processing industry" was invented by Johannes Rella (Payerbach, Austria) and Michael Peter Wittmann (Leobendorf, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the representation and operation of production resources, in particular for the plastics-processing industry, on one or several central operating units, preferably a computer or control station. Symbols for the production resource connected via a network or the management tools associated with the produ...