Inventor

Paul F. McLaughlin

Inventor

Ambler, PA, US

Overview

53→

Patents

1990–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 53 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G05Bprimary

G05BControl or regulating systems in general31%

G06FElectric digital data processing23%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication19%

Y02PClimate change mitigation technologies in the production or processing of goods12%

H04WWireless communication networks5%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes3%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use2%

B26DCutting1%

G01GWeighing1%

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties1%

PatentTitleYear

11,063,786Apparatus and method for integrating long-range wireless devices in industrial wireless networks2021 11,044,320Data distribution method for a process automation and internet of things system2021 11,036,656I/O mesh architecture for an industrial automation system2021 11,009,840Control execution environment and container based architecture2021 10,924,338Controller application module orchestrator2021 10,877,470Integrated digital twin for an industrial facility2020 10,637,841Apparatus and method for using a security appliance with IEC 61131-32020 10,503,668Intelligent field input/output (I/O) terminal for industrial control and related system and method2019 10,466,688Apparatus and method for providing event context with notifications related to industrial process control and automation system2019 10,409,270Methods for on-process migration from one type of process control device to different type of process control device2019 10,372,112System and method for legacy level 1 controller virtualization2019 10,310,467Cloud-based control platform with connectivity to remote embedded devices in distributed control system2019 10,248,601Remote terminal unit (RTU) with universal input/output (UIO) and related method2019 10,178,177Apparatus and method for using an internet of things edge secure gateway2019 10,148,485Apparatus and method for on-process migration of industrial control and automation system across disparate network types2018 10,042,330Redundant process controllers for segregated supervisory and industrial control networks2018 10,021,064Apparatus and method for translating industrial process control and automation system events into mobile notifications2018 9,990,286Memory tracking using copy-back cache for 1:1 device redundancy2018 9,973,346Apparatus and method for using a distributed systems architecture (DSA) in an internet of things (IOT) edge appliance2018 9,858,805'Remote terminal unit (RTU) with wireless diversity and related method'2018 9,720,404'Gateway offering logical model mapped to independent underlying networks'2017 9,412,137'Cloud computing for a manufacturing execution system'2016 9,296,120'Method of producing drafts of sliced food products with desired weights and a dual scale weighing system for producing drafts of desired weights'2016 9,218,000'System and method for cloud computing'2015 9,156,181'Method of producing drafts of sliced food products with desired weights and a dual scale weighing system for producing drafts of desired weights'2015 8,996,710'Systems and methods for peer-to-peer control using an input/output network'2015 8,924,498'Method and system for process control network migration'2014 8,555,381'Cloud computing as a security layer'2013 8,406,220'Method and system for integration of wireless devices with a distributed control system'2013 8,285,326'Multiprotocol wireless communication backbone'2012 8,204,717'Cloud computing as a basis for equipment health monitoring service'2012 8,204,078'Apparatus, system, and method for integration of wireless devices with a distributed control system'2012 8,108,853'Apparatus and method for allowing a fail-back to a prior software release in a process control system'2012 7,970,830'Cloud computing for an industrial automation and manufacturing system'2011 7,889,747'Apparatus, system, and method for integrating a wireless network with wired field devices in a process control system'2011 6,421,570'Systems and methods for accessing data using a cyclic publish/subscribe scheme with report by exception'2002 6,415,418'System and method for disseminating functional blocks to an on-line redundant controller'2002 6,317,638'Multi-layer state machine for a hybrid real-time control system and method of operation thereof'2001 6,272,386'Systems and methods for minimizing peer-to-peer control disruption during fail-over in a system of redundant controllers'2001 6,170,044'Systems and methods for synchronizing redundant controllers with minimal control disruption'2001 6,138,049'System and methods for generating and distributing alarm and event notifications'2000 5,988,847'Systems and methods for implementing a dynamic cache in a supervisory control system'1999 5,426,774'Method for maintaining a sequence of events function during failover in a redundant multiple layer system'1995 5,261,092'Synchronizing slave processors through eavesdrop by one on periodic sync-verify messages directed to another followed by comparison of individual status'1993 5,255,388'Synchronizing slave processors through eavesdrop by one on a write request message directed to another followed by comparison of individual status request replies'1993 5,210,756'Fault detection in relay drive circuits'1993 5,202,822'Universal scheme of input/output redundancy in a process control system'1993 5,168,443'Method for providing redundancy of a high speed pulse input I/O processor'1992 5,142,470'Method of maintaining synchronization of a free-running secondary processor'1992 5,136,498'Method for enacting failover of a 1:1 redundant pair of slave processors'1992 5,088,021'Apparatus and method for guaranteed data store in redundant controllers of a process control system'1992 5,016,244'Method for controlling failover between redundant network interface modules'1991 4,958,270'Method for control data base updating of a redundant processor in a process control system'1990

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1990–2002Patents assigned to HONEYWELL INC (16)· patent assignee history

1990–2002Based in Hatfield, PA, US· patent location history

2000–2021Patents assigned to HONEYWELL INT INC (35)· patent assignee history

2011–2021Based in Ambler, PA, US· patent location history

2012–2016Patents assigned to MCLAUGHLIN PAUL F (10)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to STAGGS KEVIN P (2)· patent assignee history

2015–2016Patents assigned to BURD MATTHEW G (2)· patent assignee history

2015–2016Based in South Chicago Heights, IL, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
HONEYWELL INT INC	35	2000–2021
HONEYWELL INC	16	1990–2002
MCLAUGHLIN PAUL Fself	10	2012–2016
BURD MATTHEW G	2	2015–2016
STAGGS KEVIN P	2	2012–2013

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Ambler, Pennsylvania, US	33	2011–2021
Hatfield, Pennsylvania, US	18	1990–2002
South Chicago Heights, Illinois, US	2	2015–2016