US Patent Issued to Otis Elevator on June 16 for "Elevator systems and robot operations associated therewith" (Connecticut, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,987, issued on June 16, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Elevator systems and robot operations associated therewith" was invented by Nick Cope (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Michael P. Keenan Jr. (Suffield, Conn.) and Arthur Hsu (South Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Building systems and methods of performing building maintenance operations are described. The systems include a controller configured to receive requests associated with an elevator system of a building. A database having verification procedures associated with the elevator system is provided and the controller is operable to initiate the veri...