the ROTARY RAIL-SWITCH
a disruptive invention on a rapid, smooth and widely applicable rail/track switching mechanism and system, with an IP family of 40 patents, the majority of them already granted and in force.
Potential
- improve traditional railways switching
- enhance industrial automated conveyor systems
- boost passenger capacities in amusement rides
- facilitate the definitive implementation of revolutionary transport solutions
Advantages
- efficiency of rotary dynamics
- operating speed
- simplicity & versatility
- wide range of usability
Target industries
The SpinSwitch® invention may attract any firms that design, manufacture or operate rail-related products and services in the industries of:
- Transportation
- Amusement Rides
- Industrial Automation
Applications
SpinSwitch® can be used in a wide and varied range of applications:
- mono and multi-railed tracks
- supporting and suspended vehicles
- traditional and modern rail-wrapping wheels-assemblies
- diverging, merging and crossing points
- varied tridimensional track-switching configurations
APPLICATIONS
(move slides to explore SpinSwitch® solutions on miscellaneous rail-vehicle profiles of transport/moving systems)
Dynamic 3D Examples
Conventional Railway
(inside track engagement)
Industrial Transport
(bilateral engagement)
Monorail
(suspended railway)
Maglev / Monobeam
(high-speed bullet train)
Roller Coaster
(outside-track engagement)
Personal Rapid Transit
(inside-track engagement)
THE PATENTS
Global IP Shield
Patents on 90% of world GDP
The Rotary Rail-Switch invention is protected with a worldwide shield covering 〜 90% of global GDP and 70% of global population.
Patent claims have been translated to 21 languages.
Patent Family
Patents granted in dozens of countries
SpinSwitch®patent family comprises a PCT, a granted European Patent, and 39 national patents, 28 granted and 11 pending
(patents pending are dully filed and pending of grant, patents granted may be in force or lapsed / given away)
Granted Patents
In Force:
Lapsed:
Pending Patents
(as of 2024/1/1)
Patent Scope
SpinSwitch® patents and patenting rights are especially valuable due to the width of their international classification and inventive scope.
Dual International Classification
The SpinSwitch® invention is exceptionally classified by WIPO as belonging not to 1 but to 2 primary IPC categories:
A – Human Necessities | Health, Life-Saving & Amusement
E – Fixed Constructions | Building
Triple Invention
Each of SpinSwitch® patents relate to not 1 but 3 independent inventions, presented via 3 independent patent claims: 1) a rail-switching unit, 2) a track-switching unit, and a 3) track-switching system.
Ownership & Authorship
Majority owner of the invention’s Intellectual Property is firm SpinSwitch Technologies SL.
Inventor and minority owner is Daniel Sáenz Löbsack.
Patent Drawings
Patent Claims
Patent Excerpts
About patents in general
SPINSWITCH TECHNOLOGIES
a Deep Tech startup, built around the Rotary Rail-Switch, a high-tech engineering invention
Key Milestones
- 💡 developed the Rotary Rail-Switch technology
- ⭐️ received grant for the European Patent
- 💰 obtained subsidies and grants from the Spanish Patent & Trademark Office (OEPM) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
- 🌐 invention claims/description translated to 21 languages
- ⭐️ achieved granted patents for 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇹🇷 Turkey, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇲🇨 Monaco, and 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
- ⭐️ achieved granted patents for 🇨🇳 China (also 🇭🇰 Hong Kong), 🇷🇺 Russia, and 🇰🇷 South Korea
- ⭐️ generated patents pending of grant for 🇺🇸 USA, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇮🇳 India, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇲🇽 Mexico, 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, 🇦🇪 UAE, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇸🇬 Singapore, and 🇵🇭 Philippines
- 💰 assured funding to maintain IP until 2024
- 👊🏻 built endorsement from solid international non-executive advisory board comprising strategists, executives, entrepreneurs, scientists and academics
- ✍🏻 signed agreement with major American patent broker
- 🎖 achieved finalist recognition at the global E&T Innovation Awards 2022 in the category of “Best Emerging Technology of the Year”
- 🎖 selected finalist of the international Deep Tech & Deep Science Startups Competition at the European Meeting on Science, Technology & Innovation, TRANSFIERE Málaga 2022
- 🚄 invited to Middle East Rail & Mobility Fair 2023 in Abu Dhabi
- 🚄 invited to Asia Pacific Rail Fair 2023 in Bangkok
- 🎢 new robust applications for suspended roller coasters discovered
- ⭐️ patents granted in 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇮🇳 India, and 🇯🇵 Japan
- 💰 awarded EU Next Generation aid (“Activa Startup”) to contract market research on SpinsSwitch applications by a 3rd party (another startup)
Parent Company
an innovative and long-term visionary firm committed to the creation of world-changing inventions
Given the diverse nature and potential business path of each of its inventions, Taurum creates, funds, breeds and parents a different subsidiary/startup for each of them.
All IP shielding and branding an invention end up being owned and managed by the associated subsidiary.
Taurum and subsidiaries share talent force and advisory board.
Talent Force
This innovation venture has become a reality thanks to the excellent work of a smart international team of talent: a selective worldwide spread set of independent lawyers, engineers, accountants and creative professionals which have been coordinated by the firm’s CEO, in turn supported and guided by a solid advisory board.
Advisory Board
We are endorsed and counselled by a solid international panel of non-executive advisors comprising relevant strategists, executives, entrepreneurs, scientists and academics.
The joint expertise of this extraordinary board covers not only a wide and rich span of wisdom but also an extensive worldwide footprint of influence.