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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2003
Applicants:
James R. Krietemeyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephen Scott Strickland, Terrace Park, OH (US);
David M. Farmer, Loveland, OH (US);
Martin Gehringer, Aisch, DE;
Inventors:
James R. Krietemeyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephen Scott Strickland, Terrace Park, OH (US);
David M. Farmer, Loveland, OH (US);
Martin Gehringer, Aisch, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising automatically enforcing user compliance with a plurality of predetermined steps of a computer-assisted verification test of a safety feature for a machine system; inducing an error condition in the machine system; and collecting data regarding a response of the machine system to the error condition.