ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,641, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Door system for an elevator car, elevator system and method for evacuating an elevator car" was invented by Romeo Lo Jacono (Gravesano, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door system for an elevator car includes: at least one door leaf for closing a partial region of a car opening of the elevator car; and a mounting device that mounts the door leaf on the car slidably in a direction of a sliding axis between an open position, in which the door leaf releases the partial region, and a closed position, in which the door leaf closes the partial regio...