Otis was granted a patent for elevator self-diagnostics.

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  "detected_at": "2026-09-30T16:56:27+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Otis",
    "domain": "otis.com"
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      "Facilities Management",
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    "detail": "In September 2026 Otis patented a system for detecting elevator issues through coordinated health checks across elevator cars in a building.",
    "summary": "Otis was granted a patent for elevator self-diagnostics.",
    "event_at": "2026-09-29",
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    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12747134",
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    "patent_title": "Elevator system configured to perform a self diagnosis and method of operating the elevator system",
    "patent_number": "US12747134",
    "uspto_assignee": "OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY",
    "patent_abstract": "An elevator system having elevator cars in a building, the system having: a first elevator car of the elevator cars configured to execute a self-diagnostic routine, wherein the first elevator car is configured to: instruct a subset of the elevator cars to enter an idle mode and analyze data shared by the first elevator car; process the operational data among the subset of the elevator cars; process the operational data among the subset of the elevator cars; collect operational data; share the operational data among the subset of the elevator cars; receive from the subset of the elevator cars an analysis of the operational data that is indicative of an operational state of the first elevator car; determine that a fault condition exists when the operational state is outside a threshold; and automatically execute a predetermined response upon when the first elevator car determines that the fault condition exists.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "One elevator car temporarily coordinates the others, gathers their operating information, and analyzes the combined data to identify potential problems.",
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      "elevator systems",
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      "condition monitoring"
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curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/signals/0c84bea7-3101-5807-8df1-209d865048c2 \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"otis.com","limit":20}'