ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,565, issued on July 22.

"Elevator installation comprising elevator operating devices for passengers with physical disabilities" was invented by Marcel Ackermann (Kirchberg SG, Switzerland) and Nicolas Hafliger (Oberageri, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevator installation has elevator operating devices arranged on floors of a building and communicatively connected to an elevator controller. The elevator operating devices include main operating devices configured for inputting a destination floor desired by a passenger and for outputting travel information, and at least one secondary operating device arranged on one o...