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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Otis Elevator Company

50 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

50
Total Pending OAs
13
Final Rejections
37
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18959857 ELEVATOR SAFETY DEVICE MUDWILDER, MICHELLE MARIE PETERS 3654 Non-Final OA Nov 26, 2024
18928549 CONTROL METHOD FOR A CONVEYOR, CORRESPONDING CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL NODE, AND CONTROL END JORGENSEN, ABBY A 3651 Non-Final OA Oct 28, 2024
18813948 CLEANING SYSTEM AND CLEANING METHOD FOR PASSENGER CONVEYOR SYSTEM BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN 1713 Non-Final OA Aug 23, 2024
18779753 COMB PLATE FOR CONVEYOR DEVICE, AND CONVEYOR DEVICE SINGH, KAVEL 3651 Non-Final OA Jul 22, 2024
18761908 METHOD FOR ONLINE REPLACEMENT AND METHOD FOR INSTALLATION OF ELEVATOR SHEAVE LINER, AND ELEVATOR SHEAVE LINER RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A 3654 Non-Final OA Jul 02, 2024
18760518 ELEVATOR SUSPENSION MEMBER WITH RODENT DETERRENT ADDITIVE SHUR, STEVEN JAMES 3647 Non-Final OA Jul 01, 2024
18448243 FRICTIONLESS SAFETY BRAKE ACTUATOR TRUONG, MINH D 3654 Non-Final OA Aug 11, 2023
18447488 ESCALATOR ENTRAPMENT DETECTION SYSTEM AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ 3651 Final Rejection Aug 10, 2023
18447494 SYSTEM FOR DETECTING BROKEN COMBPLATE TEETH OF AN ESCALATOR JORGENSEN, ABBY A 3651 Final Rejection Aug 10, 2023
18311866 DUAL MACHINE ARRANGEMENT DHAKAL, BICKEY 2896 Non-Final OA May 03, 2023
18166511 ELEVATOR MACHINE BRAKING CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L 2846 Non-Final OA Feb 09, 2023
18166513 ELEVATOR MACHINE BRAKING DHAKAL, BICKEY 2896 Non-Final OA Feb 09, 2023
18088148 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ELEVATOR MECHANIC WORKING WITHIN AN ELEVATOR HOISTWAY UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Non-Final OA Dec 23, 2022
18070848 ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM, ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELEVATOR DHAKAL, BICKEY 2896 Non-Final OA Nov 29, 2022
18059452 ELEVATOR SUSPENSION MEMBER MONITORING DUDA, RINA I 2846 Non-Final OA Nov 29, 2022
18070041 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CALLING UNITS AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM DONELS, JEFFREY 2837 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2022
18070089 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING OPERATIONAL STATE OF ELEVATOR SYSTEM CHAN, KAWING 2846 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2022
17990844 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A LOCATION OF A PERSON IN A HOISTWAY DONELS, JEFFREY 2837 Non-Final OA Nov 21, 2022
17987522 SAFETY SYSTEM FOR AN ELEVATOR GLASS, ERICK DAVID 2846 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2022
17985640 GUARDRAIL SYSTEM GLASS, ERICK DAVID 2846 Non-Final OA Nov 11, 2022
17984787 ELEVATOR SAFETY DEVICES GLASS, ERICK DAVID 2846 Non-Final OA Nov 10, 2022
17984811 CONVEYANCE SYSTEM WITH REGENERATIVE DRIVE GLASS, ERICK DAVID 2846 Non-Final OA Nov 10, 2022
17980896 ELEVATOR BRAKING DEVICE AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM GLASS, ERICK DAVID 2846 Non-Final OA Nov 04, 2022
17977012 STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2022
17973671 ELEVATOR SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED MONITORING ELARABI, TAREK A 3661 Final Rejection Oct 26, 2022
17971723 DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ELEVATOR CALL REQUEST RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A 3654 Non-Final OA Oct 24, 2022
17838878 COMPONENT MISALIGNMENT SENSING QIN, JIANCHUN 2837 Final Rejection Jun 13, 2022
17825753 ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR BRAKE, ELEVATOR BRAKE AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM DHAKAL, BICKEY 2896 Non-Final OA May 26, 2022
17737927 ELEVATOR POWER SUPPLY TRAN, DIEM M 3654 Non-Final OA May 05, 2022
17529563 ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESTORING OPERATION OF AN ELEVATOR CAR DONELS, JEFFREY 2837 Final Rejection Nov 18, 2021
17525124 SMOOTH BRAKING CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR BRAKE CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L 2846 Final Rejection Nov 12, 2021
17513499 DYNAMIC STOPPER/S IN AN ELEVATOR CAR MUDWILDER, MICHELLE MARIE PETERS 3654 Non-Final OA Oct 28, 2021
17407511 ELEVATOR MONITORING SYSTEM IACOLETTI, MICHELLE M 2877 Non-Final OA Aug 20, 2021
17400933 METHOD FOR TRIGGERING AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR CALLS UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Non-Final OA Aug 12, 2021
17399762 ELEVATOR POSITION REFERENCE SYSTEMS AND MONITORING BUILDING SETTLEMENT USING AN ELEVATOR POSITION REFERENCE SYSTEM QIN, JIANCHUN 2837 Final Rejection Aug 11, 2021
17398715 ELEVATOR POSITION REFERENCE SYSTEMS UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2021
17396096 METHOD OF PREVENTING GRAVITY JUMP AT EMERGENCY STOP IN ELEVATOR SYSTEMS UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Non-Final OA Aug 06, 2021
17390309 CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF DETERMINING TRIGGERING OF THE CONTROL DEVICE AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Final Rejection Jul 30, 2021
17373995 ELEVATOR SAFETY CIRCUIT UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Non-Final OA Jul 13, 2021
17370185 INTERCAR COORDINATION IN MULTICAR HOISTWAYS CHAN, KAWING 2846 Non-Final OA Jul 08, 2021
17368141 ELEVATOR BRAKE ASSEMBLY UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Non-Final OA Jul 06, 2021
17120606 PASSENGER GROUPING FOR ELEVATORS GLASS, ERICK DAVID 2846 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2020
17112898 VOICE ACTIVATED ELEVATOR SYSTEM INTERFACE THAT PROVIDES A CUSTOMIZED RESPONSE CHAN, KAWING 2846 Non-Final OA Dec 04, 2020
17095425 CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION OF A ROBOT PASSENGER WHEN WAITING FOR AN ELEVATOR UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Final Rejection Nov 11, 2020
16995047 ELEVATOR CAR MOVER PROVIDING INTELLIGENT CONTROL BASED ON BATTERY STATE OF CHARGE UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Final Rejection Aug 17, 2020
16865968 ELEVATOR SYSTEM DISPLAY THAT PROVIDES DIFFERENT INFORMATION TO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Final Rejection May 04, 2020
16835649 CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF AN ELEVATOR CAR OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Final Rejection Mar 31, 2020
16819576 ELEVATOR INSPECTION SYSTEM WITH ROBOTIC PLATFORM CONFIGURED TO INSPECT OPERATIONAL AND ALIGNMENT CONDITIONS OF COMPONENTS IN A HOISTWAY O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN 3658 Non-Final OA Mar 16, 2020
16164146 RESISTANCE-BASED INSPECTION OF ELEVATOR SYSTEM SUPPORT MEMBERS UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Final Rejection Oct 18, 2018
15940014 SUPER GROUP DISPATCHING UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2018

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