Patents · Designs · Trademarks

40 IP filings. 33 granted. 13 countries.

Patented technology protecting automated bicycle cleaning since 2015. Seven IP families across Europe, the UK, Switzerland, India, China and the US — verifiable on every major patent register.

40 Filings
33 Granted
13 Countries
7 Families

33 patents · 8 trademarks · 2 registered designs · 1 utility model

Verifiable on EPO Espacenet · WIPO · EUIPO · DPMA · USPTO · UK IPO · IP India
Worldwide coverage

Protected in 13 jurisdictions.

Every grant below has been verified against the official national or supra-national register. EU and UPC each count once; member-state validations are listed separately where granted.

🇩🇪Germany6 grants · 1 pending
🇪🇺European Union3 EP grants · 2 pending
🇪🇺UPC Unitary Patent2 grants
🇨🇭Switzerland3 grants
🇬🇧United Kingdom5 grants
🇺🇸United States2 grants
🇨🇳China1 grant
🇮🇳India1 grant
🇦🇹Austria1 grant
🇧🇪Belgium1 grant
🇪🇸Spain1 grant
🇫🇷France1 grant
🇮🇹Italy1 grant
🇳🇱Netherlands1 grant
🇵🇱Poland1 grant
Portfolio at a glance

Seven IP families.

Each family below covers a distinct technical claim layer. Click a tile to jump to the full register list for that family.

Public register entries

Every filing, linked.

Each row below links directly to the public register entry so you can verify grant status, claims and drawings yourself.

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K40399 · Invention patent + utility model

Device for cleaning objects, especially two-wheelers

Core patent family — broadest coverage across the portfolio

13Granted
0Pending
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K40400 · Invention patent · method

Device and method for cleaning objects

Extension of the cleaning-method family

4Granted
0Pending
C40323 · Invention patent · pending

Cleaning device for a two-wheeler — new application

New EP filing in search-report stage

0Granted
1Pending
  • 🇪🇺EPEP umbrellaEP 25160465.8In searchEP 4799880 A1 · Publication on 2 September 2026
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K40403 · Registered design

Duo and Mini-Duo industrial designs

Registered Community Designs for the duo wash unit

2Granted
0Pending
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K40404 · Registered trademark

cycleWASH® word mark

Registered trademarks — EU, UK, US and Germany

8Granted
0Pending
1Lapsed
About the numbers. 40 total filings across the seven families, of which 33 are granted, registered or validated and 7 are pending (in examination, allowed, or in search-report stage). 13 countries hold granted national rights; the EU trade mark and Community design cover the whole EU, and the UPC Unitary Patent the participating member states. Of the 40 active rights: 33 patents (22 granted, 7 pending), 8 trademarks, 2 registered designs and 1 utility model. Two German parent applications (within K40397 and K40400) are being deliberately superseded by the broader European patents in the same families and are therefore not listed above.

About the links. Each row above links to the canonical publication record on the responsible register — Google Patents (mirrors Espacenet's machine-readable record with one-click PDF), the EPO Register (file inspection), the DPMA Register (file inspection), the USPTO Patent Center, EUIPO eSearch plus, or the UK IPO. Where multiple national validations share a single B1 grant document (K40399, K40400), every row links to that same grant PDF.
Brand portfolio

Trademarks & product marks.

cycleWASH® is our registered word mark across the EU, UK and US. The five product line names below are registered German trademarks (DPMA, filed 2019).

® Registered

Saubermann®

Premium cleaning product line for professional bicycle care

® Registered

Pflegekraft®

Specialised care formulation for deep cleaning and frame protection

® Registered

FettFrei®

Degreasing technology for drivetrain and chain cleaning

® Registered

Schutzschild®

Protective coating and sealant for long-lasting surface defence

® Registered

KettenFett®

High-performance chain lubrication engineered for all weather

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cyclewash.com is our home online — wherever you find us online, it's genuinely us.

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Independent verification

Certifications & reports.

Safety, compliance and environmental performance verified by independent testing authorities. Recognition from the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) confirms our innovation track record.

CE

CE certification

Full CE compliance verified by DEKRA, ensuring all cycleWASH® products meet European health, safety, and environmental protection standards.

DEKRA verified

BSFZ research certificate

R&D project certified under § 6 FZulG by the BSFZ (VDI Technologiezentrum, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research): the development of a prototype device for automatically cleaning bicycles. The assessment tests the work against the international criteria for research — novelty, technical uncertainty and systematic method — and applies only to development carried out in Germany.

Certified under § 6 FZulG
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Safety & compliance

All systems independently tested for electrical safety, mechanical integrity, and water management compliance across European and international markets.

Independently tested
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Wastewater analysis report

Independent environmental testing confirms cycleWASH® systems meet strict wastewater disposal standards with advanced filtration and recycling technology.

Environmental verified
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IHK Patentrezepte

Featured by the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) as an innovative patent-driven company in their Patentrezepte recognition programme.

IHK recognised
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Innovation you can audit.

Every patent, design and trademark on this page is linked to its public register entry. Click through, download the PDF, read the claims, verify the grant.

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We have the perfect solution for bringing your bike back to a shine after a mountain-bike tour through muddy forest, or after a wet winter.
Peter WielandFahrradverleih Friedrichshafen
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International Patents
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