Patents by Inventor Robert A. Spring

Robert A. Spring 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).

  • Process information and maintenance system for distributed control systems
    Patent number: 5796606
    Abstract: A process information and maintenance system for monitoring, visualizing, triaging and maintaining all control loops of a distributed control system gives the users the number of control loops in the plant, the number of loops that are routinely in manual mode, which loops are frequently in alarm, which loops need tuning, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Noranda Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Spring