Deep Tech · IP Strategy · Infrastructure

We don't build hardware.
We patent solutions.

VECTOR IP is a deep-tech intellectual-property incubator. We develop technical solutions for critical points in transport and logistics, file patents on them and license them to the manufacturers who build on top.

Where we stand. Braking: European patent application filed with the EPO on 17 August 2026; the twelve-month priority window for international extension is running. Drones: specification in preparation. Freedom-to-Operate and simulation are the next milestones. Nothing on this page is a granted patent — these are pending applications.

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What we do

We solve a critical problem — and patent
the principle behind it.

Asset-light by design: no factories, no production risk. We don't bet on who wins the market — our solutions work for every manufacturer. Risk is diversified across independent megatrends.

01

Critical points

We know which parts and processes hold a market back — costly, fragile, inefficient. That's our target.

02

Secure the IP

Protect the solution with patents before the market reacts.

03

Validate

Prove the concept and de-risk it toward real-world deployment.

04

License globally

License to global manufacturers — OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.

OEM / TIER-1 MAKERS VECTOR IP IP PATENT patented principle % license fee per unit MARKET
One patented principle — a licence for every manufacturer. We don’t compete with manufacturers; we stand behind their solutions.
Focus 01 · Automotive safety

Brakes are not the limit.
Grip is.

Modern brakes stop the wheel almost instantly. Stopping the car is decided by tyre-road grip - and past its limit, stronger brakes change nothing.

The physics

Friction sets the distance.

Stopping distance is set by tyre-road friction - tyre type, surface, and above all water. When grip runs out, distance grows and control fades.

Our approach

Actively increase downforce.

During braking our principle presses the car onto the road when it matters most - more downforce, more friction, a way through aquaplaning.

The impact

Shorter distance, softer impact.

Engineering estimate before validation: distance shorter by ~10–15 % on dry, 20–30 % in adverse conditions. What can't fully stop hits slower - every km/h shed lowers crash energy.

Live model — same physics, in motion
Speed
km/h
Surface
Conventional – With downforce –
Interactive version of the same engineering model. The downforce pulses — four per second here, slowed down for the eye; the real mechanism works faster, in the wheel's rhythm — raise grip while they act, and between pulses the system pays the borrowed force back. Dry, wet and ice correspond to the estimated ranges above. Engineering estimate pending validation.
~92Mnew vehicles produced worldwide every year
10–30 %estimated braking-distance reduction (dry → adverse)
OEM / Tier-1licensing path into series production
Seatbelts→ ABS→ Airbags→ ESC→ AEB→ Active downforce

Safety technologies follow a familiar trajectory: innovation → differentiation → standard equipment. We design for that path.

~92M new vehicles every year Asia — ~58M (62 %) Europe — ~19M (21 %) Americas — ~15M (16 %) Africa — ~1M (1 %)
≈92 million new vehicles are produced every year — the market a new safety standard addresses.
Focus 02 · Autonomous logistics

Fast, reliable battery swaps
without costly robotics.

Delivery drones fly roughly 20–30 minutes per charge. The bottleneck isn't flying — it's what happens on the ground, at scale, in real weather.

The problem

Robotics is fragile and expensive.

Robotic battery-swap stations rely on precision sensors - costly to build and unreliable in rain and snow. A failed swap means manual work.

Our approach

Physics instead of robotics.

A passive mechanical principle captures the drone and swaps the battery reliably, even in poor weather. No fragile robotics to buy or maintain.

The impact

The cost is the station, not the seconds.

Thirty seconds saved per swap is real but modest: 1,000 drones gain ~166 hours a day, ~2 % of the 8,300 flown. The real value - mechanical capture needs no precision sensors: cheaper and weatherproof.

Capture & swap passive, mechanical, repeatable Swap in seconds not minutes of charging Operates in wind & rain physics, not fragile robotics
Schematic illustration only — passive mechanical capture and swap, no precision robotics.
20–30 mintypical flight time per battery charge
All-weathermechanical reliability where robotics fails
No roboticsnothing precise to break, heat or calibrate
The model

Why IP-first.

The highest value isn't created at the hardware level — it's created at the level of global standards. That is where we operate.

A hardware startup

  • High CAPEX — factories, tooling, inventory
  • Physical production and logistics
  • Production risk grows with every unit
  • Margins squeezed from both sides

VECTOR IP

  • Low CAPEX — no factories, no inventory
  • One patent family, many licensees
  • Licensing scales without production risk
  • Value sits in the patents, not in factories
01

The patent has to hold

Claims broad enough that the principle cannot simply be designed around — and a Freedom-to-Operate study confirming we may use it ourselves.

02

Someone has to sign

A licence from an OEM or a Tier-1 supplier, after independent validation on their terms. That decision is theirs to make, and it is slow.

03

We have to last until then

Patents, simulation and prototypes are paid for years before the first royalty arrives. The capital in between is the risk we actually manage.

A licensing model carries a high gross margin by construction — no factories, no inventory. That is the definition of the model, not evidence that it works. These three conditions decide it.

Roadmap · 2026–2027

De-risking in the right order.

Early deep tech is about verifying the biggest risks first — cheaply, and in sequence. We know what we are validating, in what order, and why.

01

Patents & FTO

File and expand key patent families; secure Freedom to Operate.

02

Simulation

Digital-twin verification of the physics and boundary conditions.

03

Prototypes (PoC)

Functional mechanics — weight, response time, repeatability.

04

Independent testing

Real-world trials across surfaces and conditions; expert reviews (TÜV).

05

Proof of concept

Proof of Technical & Licence Concept — first OEM / Tier-1 partnerships.

Team

Proven by the market.

The same system, repeated: a big problem → strong IP protection → validation → global potential → a strong team.

Inventor

Name to be announced in Q4 2026

A prolific inventor with dozens of granted patents across global jurisdictions and a rare gift for mechanical engineering. Both pillars grow from the same instinct: mastering forces — vectors — with elegant mechanics.

IP strategy

Ing. Jan Vondraš, Ph.D., MBA

Builds patents to hold up from the perspective of global corporations; his clients have included LG, Boeing and Fujitsu-Siemens. Former senior technology executive — and an inventor in his own right.

Development & testing

Ing. Jiří Mareš

Turns physics into measurable hardware. Led the electronics for the first UAV to enter service with the Czech Army, then built test rigs for ABS and ESP units, power-steering boosters and EV charging circuits for Škoda Auto. Mechanics and electronics under one roof, from design to small series.

Co-founder

Ing. Petr Just

Business development, AI, nuclear physics. Author of Homo APIens. First investor and co-builder of ventures that reached the market — StimVia and BattSwap.

StimVia — breakthrough non-invasive neuromodulation; on the market and expanding internationally.
BattSwap — battery swapping for electric last-mile logistics; on the market with real revenues.

Who owns what: every patent application is filed in the name of VECTOR IP s.r.o., and the inventors assign their rights to the company by written contract before filing. The company is Czech (VECTOR IP s.r.o., ID No. 245 58 893, Prague), its ownership is a matter of public record, and the filings can be checked in the patent registers.

Vision

The foundations of autonomy shouldn't be built twice.

One principle — many licensees Asset-light — no factories Global OEM / Tier-1 licensing
Contact

Let's talk.

Licensing, partnerships, media — or a technical conversation about the physics.