Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Robert B. Havekost

48Patents
23h-index
59Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 12, 1996 → Apr 25, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5768119A Process control system including alarm priority adjustment Physics 333 Expired
US5801942A Process control system user interface including selection of multiple control languages Physics 281 Expired
US5828851A Process control system using standard protocol control of standard devices and nonstandard devices Physics 255 Expired
US5995916A Process control system for monitoring and displaying diagnostic information of multiple distributed devices Physics 244 Expired
US6195591A Process control system using a process control strategy distributed among multiple control elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 242 Expired
US5862052A Process control system using a control strategy implemented in a layered hierarchy of control modules Physics 233 Expired
US5909368A Process control system using a process control strategy distributed among multiple control elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 205 Expired
US6774786B1 Integrated alarm display in a process control network Physics 196 Expired
US6266726A Process control system using standard protocol control-of standard devices and non-standard devices Physics 172 Expired
US6032208A Process control system for versatile control of multiple process devices of various device types Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 168 Expired
US7250856B2 Integrated alarm display in a process control network Physics 125 Expired
US7043311B2 Module class objects in a process plant configuration system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 105 Expired
US6385496B1 Indirect referencing in process control routines Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 103 Expired
US7249356B1 Methods and structure for batch processing event history processing and viewing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US7023440B1 Methods and apparatus for integrated display of process events and trend data Physics 85 Expired
US6775707B1 Deferred acknowledgment communications and alarm management Electricity 73 Expired
US7289994B2 Interconnected zones within a process control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Expired
US7971052B2 Configuration system using security objects in a process plant Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Active
US7113085B2 Enhanced device alarms in a process control system Physics 44 Expired
US7117052B2 Version control for objects in a process plant configuration system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US6975966B2 Integrated diagnostics in a process plant having a process control system and a safety system Physics 40 Expired
US7526347B2 Security for objects in a process plant configuration system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US6898468B2 Function block implementation of a cause and effect matrix for use in a process safety system Physics 26 Expired
US7729792B2 Version control for objects in a process plant configuration system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US6871299B2 Hierarchical failure management for process control systems Physics 16 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.