ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,347, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Notification device and method for elevator operation mode" was invented by Amit Bhor (Pune Maharashtra, India) and Narayan Sangale (Pune Maharashtra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A notification device and a notification method to announce a current operation mode of an elevator, especially a maintenance or inspection mode, is provided for the elevator that executes the notification method. The elevator includes a control assembly allocated outside of a shaft of the elevator, wherein the notification device is electrically connected or communicates...