ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,210, issued on April 14, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).

"Door handle system for a safety door, especially for a sliding door or a swing door" was invented by Omar Saycon (San Fernando Cebu, Philippines), Julio Sandino Plariza (Cebu, Philippines), Sheau Shiang Liew (Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia) and Mao Ai Fu (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door handle system mountable to a safety door that opens to the left as well as to a safety door that opens to the right without changing the internal structure of the door handle system. This eases the installation of the door handle system. For doing so, the handle is att...