Patent granted in India to TOSHIBA ELEVATOR KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Patent number 371062 has been granted to TOSHIBA ELEVATOR KABUSHIKI KAISHA that is titled WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS TRANSMISSION METHOD. The primary independent claim of this patent states a wireless transmission system that includes various wireless apparatuses corresponding to the components of an elevator, each of the wireless apparatuses includes a transmitter for transmitting the first signal, by a component, to other wireless apparatuses wirelessly. During the patent prosecution, the patent examiner objected to this patent under section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that the present invention is not a computer program per se and also provides a technical effect of wireless transmission of control signals output by the elevator control device that can be carried out more efficiently. This patent falls under the category of Electrical. Overall, this patent covers wireless apparatuses including a transmitter, a receiver, and a counter.