ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,591, issued on July 21, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Interface for operating an elevator car, elevator car and method of producing an elevator car" was invented by Valerio Villa (Colverde, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface for operating an elevator car includes an interface controller, a foil attached to a wall surface of a wall of the elevator car, the wall surface facing an inside of the elevator car, and at least one pressure-sensitive sensor configured for receiving user requests by an application of a pressure to the at least one sensor. The at least one sensor is connected to the interf...