ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,082, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Kone Corp. (Helsinki).

"Method and elevator arrangement" was invented by Markku Haapaniemi (Helsinki), Matti Rasanen (Helsinki), Sami Saarela (Helsinki), Anssi Venho (Helsinki), Janne Mikkonen (Helsinki), Otto Lanz (Helsinki), Tarvo Viita-Aho (Helsinki) and Petri Kere (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for transporting construction material and/or equipment into and inside a building under construction, wherein the building under construction comprises plurality of vertically displaced floors, the method comprising providing a control system configured ...