MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647095712 A) filed by Abb Schweiz AG on August 07, 2026, for A Method For Controlling A Sub-System Of An Industrial Plant.

Inventors include Manca, Gianluca; Maczey, Sylvia; Rodriguez, Pablo; Tan, Ruomu; and Rastegarpour, Soroush.

The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of industrial plants, particularly to a method for controlling a sub-system (200, 300, 400) of an industrial plant (100). The method comprises the steps of: retrieving, by the orchestrator (120), information about the sub-system (200, 300, 400); training the orchestrator (120), based on the retrieved information, wherein the orchestrator (120) comprises a foundation model (122); receiving, by the trained orchestrator (120), a high-level production target (180) for the industrial plant (100); deriving, by the trained orchestrator (120), instructions regarding a production target for the sub-system (200, 300, 400); transmitting, by the trained orchestrator (120), the instructions to a control agent (220, 320, 420) of the sub-system (200, 300, 400); and starting, by the control agent, a production process, the production process comprising the steps of: reporting, by the control agent, a current state of the components (250, 260, 350, 360, 450, 460), an achievement degree and the alarm-logs (230, 330, 430) of the sub- system (200, 300, 400) to the trained orchestrator (120); and transmitting, by the trained orchestrator (120), updated instructions to the control agent (220, 320, 420) of the sub-system (200, 300, 400).

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