Patents by Inventor Kyle Tetmeyer

Kyle Tetmeyer 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO UPGRADE AND PROVIDE CONTROL REDUNDANCY IN PROCESS PLANTS
    Publication number: 20090076628
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to upgrade and provide control redundancy in process plants are disclosed. An example disclosed method to upgrade software for a control device of a process control system comprises instantiating a replacement component of the software, copying state data from an existing component to the replacement component, and changing the replacement component to an active mode when a first state of the replacement component matches a second state of the existing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: David Mark Smith, Brandon Hieb, David R. Denison, Godfrey R. Sherriff, Gary Law, Kyle Tetmeyer