Patents by Inventor Ernst Zirngast

Ernst Zirngast 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).

  • Computer system and computer-based method for assessing the safety of a process industry plant
    Patent number: 8374908
    Abstract: A method and system to establish a safety assessment of a process industry plant including multiple organizational units. The method and system store scores relating to a rating of one of an inspection, undertaken in one of the organizational units regarding an aspect of the plant, and an answer, given by a human representative of one of the organizational units in response to defined questions relating to one of the aspects. The scores are assigned to respective of the organizational units and respective of the aspects. Aspect-specific scores are then calculated. Safety assessment can then be established from the aspect-specific scores of the organizational units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Ulrich Straub, Ernst Zirngast
  • COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-BASED METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE SAFETY OF A PROCESS INDUSTRY PLANT
    Publication number: 20090073171
    Abstract: A method and system to establish a safety assessment of a process industry plant including multiple organizational units. The method and system store scores relating to a rating of one of an inspection, undertaken in one of the organizational units regarding an aspect of the plant, and an answer, given by a human representative of one of the organizational units in response to defined questions relating to one of the aspects. The scores are assigned to respective of the organizational units and respective of the aspects. Aspect-specific scores are then calculated. Safety assessment can then be established from the aspect-specific scores of the organizational units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Swiss Reinsurance Company
    Inventors: Ulrich Straub, Ernst Zirngast