ARWIMS technology is protected by a growing portfolio of international patent applications.
Below are the unofficial English translation of PCT WO2025141280, and the Written Opinion of the International Search Report (in French), confirming the absence of relevant prior art.
ARWIMS is now opening its technology to a limited number of industrial partners through a structured licensing program.
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A select group of companies will receive exclusive rights covering major application domains in important groups of countries.
These exclusive domains are designed to allow their holders to take ownership of entire emerging markets, with a level of protection that is structurally out of reach for competitors.
Because ARWIMS relies on the same industrial foundations as electric cars, trucks, and off-road vehicles - battery systems, electric motors, power electronics, composite structures, embedded software - automotive groups can enter these new markets without creating new competencies.
An electric amphibious craft is, from an industrial standpoint, much closer to an electric vehicle than to a traditional boat.
For automotive manufacturers facing intense price pressure and rapid shifts in global competition, ARWIMS offers a rare opportunity: a protected, high-margin global market where they can become leaders from day one.
Exclusive licensees will be able to operate without direct technological rivals, securing long-term profitability while pioneering entirely new categories of amphibious mobility - from leisure to logistics, from autonomous river transport to resilient infrastructure.
They will also have the right to sublicense the technology, enabling them to structure their own ecosystem and extend their influence across global markets.
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Beyond the strategic advantages offered by exclusive worldwide rights, the scale of the markets concerned is itself transformative.
Even when restricted to motorboats under 20 meters, the addressable market represents an estimated €17-23 billion per year, based on consolidated figures from NMMA, EBI, ICOMIA and Confindustria Nautica.
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| - | Outboard motorboats - €20-25 billion / year |
| - | Inboard and sterndrive craft - €8-10 billion / year |
| - | Premium RIBs (8-20 m) - €3-5 billion / year |
| - | Compact yachting (12-20 m) - €6-8 billion / year |
But these figures represent only the first layer. ARWIMS opens access to several emerging markets whose growth potential is far greater:
| | - | Autonomous river container transport - small 1-3 TEU vessels capable of navigating shallow rivers, bypassing locks and operating year-round. This segment is expected to reshape logistics economics in many countries. |
| - | Amphibious leisure and resilience vehicles - from recreational RV-boats to flood-resistant mobile homes, addressing the needs of the 1 in 4 humans living in flood-prone areas. |
| - | Military and dual-use amphibious platforms - where mobility across land, mud, and water is a decisive capability. |
Taken together, these markets represent one of the largest untapped mobility opportunities of the coming decades - a protected, high-margin industrial frontier where early exclusive licensees can establish global leadership before competitors even enter the field.
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