Patents by Inventor William J. Petro

William J. Petro 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).

  • Publication number: 20240019834
    Abstract: A security device includes one or more processors and a memory that includes instructions, that when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations. The operations include monitoring data traffic between industrial automation devices in an industrial system and one or more devices in an external network, determining that a first industrial automation device does not include native security features for receiving secure data from the devices in the external network or transmitting secure data to the devices in the external network, and implementing one or more security techniques in response to determining that the first industrial automation device does not include the native security features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jack M. Visoky, Taryl J. Jasper, Kyle E. Neet, Jessica E. Forguites, William J. Petro, David E. Huffman