Welcome to 4S Aachen GmbH! 

Technology, intellectual property, licensing.

4S Aachen GmbH is a technology-oriented company in the field of automated plant cultivation systems, developing modular, sustainable solutions to enable resource-efficient home and small-scale agriculture with a focus on a considered combination of functionality, design, and environmental responsibility; as the owner of European patent EP 4093183 B1, we actively protect our innovations—for ourselves and potential licensees—and our IP portfolio also includes registered German utility model DE 20 2021 004 190 U1 and a US patent application.

Timeline

March 2025: European patent EP 4093183 B1 enters into force – expiration of the opposition period

September 2024: Publication of US patent application US 2024/298583 A1

February 2023: Utility model DE 20 2021 004 190 U1 registered; WIPANO funding successfully completed

January 2021: Filing of German patent application DE 10 2021 200 267.6 (“plant cultivation device”)

September 2020: Funding approval under the INVEST programme of the BMWi (BAFA)

August 2020: Approval of WIPANO funding (“Enterprises – Patenting”) by the BMWi