ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,352, issued on June 23, was assigned to Inventio AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Elevator operating device having two call input devices disposed separate from each other with respect to passengers" was invented by Jacqueline Walther (Emmenbrucke, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevator operating device for inputting a travel request in an elevator system has a first call input device that is communicatively connected to a central control device of the elevator operating device. The first call input device comprises buttons that are each assigned to a floor of a building and are disposed so as to be accessible to a first...