Patents by Inventor Ashok R. Tripathi

Ashok R. Tripathi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device and method for communicating data in a process control system
    Patent number: 6842660
    Abstract: A method for communicating process data between a plurality of devices in a process control system, including receiving process data in an equipment interface system data format from an equipment interface system, and selecting a set of the process data received from the equipment interface system for communication to a process data control system. The method also includes configuring the selected set of process data from the equipment interface system data format into an open format for communication to the process data control system, and transmitting the configured process data to the process data control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Brooks Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok R. Tripathi, Muthukumar Ramalingam, David Rukstales
  • Device and method for communicating data in a process control system
    Publication number: 20030083754
    Abstract: A method for communicating process data between a plurality of devices in a process control system, including receiving process data in an equipment interface system data format from an equipment interface system, and selecting a set of the process data received from the equipment interface system for communication to a process data control system. The method also includes configuring the selected set of process data from the equipment interface system data format into an open format for communication to the process data control system, and transmitting the configured process data to the process data control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Ashok R. Tripathi, Muthukumar Ramalingam, David Rukstales