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Patent/Application                         Title

U.S. 6,424,872                                 Block Oriented Control System

U.S. 6,594,530                                 Block Oriented Control System, Cont’d.

U.S. 6,826,590                                 Block Oriented Control System on High Speed Ethernet

European Patent: # 1192755

Issued in UK as: # 1192755

Issued in France as: # 1192755

Issued in Spain as: # 1192755

Issued in Germany as: #1192755

China Patent ZL00809263.X

European Patent #1560365

Issued in France as :# 1560365

Issued in Belgium as :# 1560365

Issued in Switzerland as :# 1560365

Issued in Spain as :# 1560365

Issued in UK as :# 1560365

Issued in Italy as :# 1560365

Issued in Netherlands as :# 1560365

Issued in Sweden as :# 1560365

Issued in Germany as:# 1560365

Hong Kong Patent # 1047204

Hong Kong Patent # 1081754

U.S. 7,272,457                                    Flexible Function Blocks

European Patent App. 4776293.5

China Patent App. 201110176258.3

Hong Kong Patent App. 06108696.4

U.S. 6,999,824                                    System and Method for Implementing Safety Instrumented Systems in a Fieldbus Architecture

U.S. 7,167,762                                    System and Method for Implementing Safety Instrumented Systems in a Fieldbus Architecture

U.S. 7,486,999                                    System and Method for Implementing Safety Instrumented Systems in a Fieldbus Architecture

China Patent ZL200480015603.3

European Patent # EP1614225

Issued in Switzerland as: #EP1614225

Issued in Germany as: #EP1614225

Issued in France as: #EP1614225

Issued in UK as: #EP1614225

Issued in Netherlands as: #EP1614225

Hong Kong Patent # 1085862

U.S. 8,676,357                                    System and Method for Implementing an Extended Safety Instrumented System

European Patent App. 06840249.4

U.S. 7,489,977                                    System and Method for Implementing Time Synchronization Monitoring and Detection in a Safety Instrumented System

European Patent: # 1963930

Issued in UK as: # 1963930

Issued in France as: # 1963930

Issued in Spain as: # 1963930

Issued in Germany as: 602006020337.3

U.S. 5,909,368                                    Process Control System Using a Process Control Strategy Distributed among Multiple Control Elements

U.S. 5,825,664                                    Field Mounted Control Unit

U.S. 5,485,400                                    Field Mounted Control Unit

U.S. 6,055,633                                    Method of Reprogramming Memories in Field Devices Over a Multidrop Network

European Patent # EP1029406

Issued in France as: # EP1029406

Issued in Great Britain as: # EP1029406

Issued in Germany as: # EP1029406

U.S. 6,104,875                                    Method for Programming an Industrial Process Transmitter

U.S. 7,146,230                                    Integrated Fieldbus Data Server Architecture

China Patent ZL02821012.3

China Patent ZL200610094503.5

Hong Kong Patent 1074258

U.S. 6,186,167                                    Emergency Shutdown Test System

U.S. 8,539,110                                    Block–Oriented Control System Having Wireless Gateway for Communication with Wireless Field Devices

European Patent App. 8796100.9