ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,429, issued on July 8, was assigned to KONE Corp. (Helsinki).

"Elevator call allocation in an elevator system" was invented by Pekka Perunka (Helsinki), Mikko Puranen (Helsinki), Janne Ofversten (Helsinki), Tapio Tyni (Helsinki), Jari Romo (Helsinki) and Ville Thomenius (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, there is provided a method for elevator call allocation in an elevator system. The method comprises receiving charge information associated with an energy storage of an elevator car from each of a plurality of elevator cars of the elevator system; receiving an elevator call to a floor providing a charging...