Patents by Inventor Newton B. Brown

Newton B. Brown 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).

  • Mitigation of external exposure of energy delivery systems
    Patent number: 12124582
    Abstract: Method include receiving banner information from one or more queries of a network connecting a set of devices, wherein the banner information of one or more of the devices includes common vulnerability and exposure identifiers (CVEs) and the banner information of one or more of the devices does not include a CVE, identifying the devices based on the banner information including classifying devices without known CVEs by a device type, determining vulnerability scores for the devices with known CVEs based on retrieved CVE information, and determining vulnerability scores for the devices without CVEs based on a series of exploitability and impact parameter estimates associated with the device type classifications. Some methods include estimating a cyberattack vulnerability risk for the devices using the determined vulnerability scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Sri Nikhil Gupta Gourisetti, Michael E. Mylrea, Md. Touhiduzzaman, Travis Ashley, Beverly E. Johnson, Newton B. Brown, Penny L. McKenzie, Seemita Pal