Inventor
SHERRIFF GODFREY R
US38 patents
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FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC
32 patentsUS6289252B1Sep 11, 2001
Distributed batch processing system and methods
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC105 citations97
US6647315B1Nov 11, 2003
Use of remote soft phases in a process control system
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC64 citations96
US7069580B1Jun 27, 2006
Function-based process control verification and security in a process control system
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC61 citations94
US7730415B2Jun 1, 2010
State machine function block with a user modifiable state transition configuration database
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC25 citations92
US7369912B2May 6, 2008
Batch execution engine with independent batch execution processes
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC38 citations92
US6898468B2May 24, 2005
Function block implementation of a cause and effect matrix for use in a process safety system
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC41 citations92
US10620613B2Apr 14, 2020
High performance control server system
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC19 citations85
US10274926B2Apr 30, 2019
State machine function block with user-definable actions on a transition between states
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC9 citations84
US9086688B2Jul 21, 2015
State machine function block with user-definable actions on a transition between states
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC10 citations84
US10551814B2Feb 4, 2020
Generic shadowing in industrial process plants
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC10 citations83
US7680970B2Mar 16, 2010
Method and system for batch process arbitration in a process control system
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC15 citations83
US7269468B2Sep 11, 2007
State machine function block with a user modifiable output configuration database
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC13 citations83
US8612042B2Dec 17, 2013
Online recipe synchronization in a real-time batch executive environment
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC8 citations82
US8369975B2Feb 5, 2013
Online recipe synchronization in a real-time batch executive environment
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC11 citations82
US10809690B2Oct 20, 2020
System and method for verifying the safety logic of a cause and effect matrix
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC2 citations73
US10663929B2May 26, 2020
Long-haul safety system trips
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC2 citations73
US11086302B2Aug 10, 2021
Recipe command steps and recipe inputs from external logic
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC4 citations68
US11886159B2Jan 30, 2024
System and method for creating a set of monitor and effect blocks from a cause and effect matrix
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations63
US11073812B2Jul 27, 2021
System and method for creating a set of monitor and effect blocks from a cause and effect matrix
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations63
US12321145B2Jun 3, 2025
Architecture-independent process control
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations61
US10671038B2Jun 2, 2020
Architecture-independent process control
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC1 citations61
US9008814B2Apr 14, 2015
Online recipe synchronization in a real-time batch executive environment
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC2 citations61
US12164275B2Dec 10, 2024
System and method for providing a visualization of safety events of a process control system over time
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US12160406B2Dec 3, 2024
Whitelisting for HART communications in a process control system
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US11656594B2May 23, 2023
Technologies for configuring voting blocks associated with a process control system
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US10853298B2Dec 1, 2020
Apparatus and methods for communicatively coupling field devices to controllers in a process control system using a distributed marshaling architecture
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US10809689B2Oct 20, 2020
System and method for configuring separated monitor and effect blocks of a process control system
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US10802456B2Oct 13, 2020
System and method for representing a cause and effect matrix as a set of numerical representations
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US10311009B2Jun 4, 2019
Apparatus and methods for communicatively coupling field devices to controllers in a process control system using a distributed marshaling architecture
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US11196711B2Dec 7, 2021
Firewall for encrypted traffic in a process control system
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations50
US10678224B2Jun 9, 2020
Loop interface
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations41
US10657776B2May 19, 2020
Alarm handling and viewing support in a process plant
FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC0 citations41