Patents by Inventor L. Berge

L. Berge 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).

  • System and method for implementing safety instrumented systems in a fieldbus architecture
    Publication number: 20060025872
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and process is provided for communicating safety-related data, over an open system, from a sender to a receiver. Safety-related components, including function blocks, flexible function blocks, resource blocks and transducer blocks, as well as, safety-related objects are provided. Also, an extended safety-related protocol provides for authenticating communications between safety-related components over an existing black channel, such as one using a fieldbus Architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: David Glanzer, Joseph Duffy, Stephen Mitschke, Ram Ramachandran, John Gabler, L. Berge