ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,619, issued on May 20, was assigned to Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"System, method, and recording medium having recorded thereon program" was invented by Takashi Naito (Tokyo) and Paul Kennedy (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a system including a planning section that generates a production plan for a production site, using a planning model; a simulating section that simulates operation of at least a portion of the production site, based on a simulation model of the at least a portion of the production site; a monitoring section that monitors actual operation of the at least a portion of the production site; a c...