Patents by Inventor Tomas Pauly

Tomas Pauly 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).

  • Equipment procurement method and system
    Patent number: 7546253
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for the replacement of equipment in a process control system for an industrial plant, in which a replacement operation is conducted at least in part by means of a first software application component for conducting e-procurement operations whereby one or more replacement devices complying with a defined specification may be procured from one or more external suppliers, which component is functionally linked with at least one second software application component for managing runtime operational data associated with said equipment, such that e-procurement operations may be initiated via said at least one second software application component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Johan Andersson, Mikael Rudin, Tomas Pauly