Industries
Brann’s consultants provide intellectual property services for clients operating in various industries. The main industries that Brann’s consultants provide IP services to can be found here, along with an illustrative selection of products and services in relation to which Brann’s consultants have provided IP advice. Below, you will find a point of contact (consultant) for each industry. You can also search for additional consultants with experience in your field of industry under “Our People”.
This field embraces everything from building construction to indoor environments. More specific examples include illuminated signs, construction material for buildings, pallets, building structures, ventilation systems, concrete work and drainage systems.
Electronic components and systems are today an integral part of our daily life and include everything from micro-electronic circuits to power semiconductors. More specific examples include radio technology, microelectronics, digital electronics, analog electronics and power electronics.
Today the field of Software/IT includes a number of fields of technology, and often also control of processes and devices. More specific applications and products include cloud services, applications, software for devices, control software for vehicles and customer management systems.
Telecom is a broad and increasingly growing field of technology covering the processing and exchange of information in general, and both real and virtual resources therefore. More specific examples include IOT (Internet of Things), 4G – beyond 5G, D2D (Device-to-device) and VMs (Virtual Machines).
Chemistry is a broad term and includes many different aspects, from organic substances to a variety of different processes. Some more specific examples of products include new chemical compounds, purification processes, methods preparation, polymers, materials, analyzing methods, petrochemistry, process aids and additives.
This field spans from nucleic acids to surgical instruments and diagnostic measurement systems. Some examples of products within this field include ceramic dental materials, cosmetics, diagnostic instruments in health care, biopsy instruments, surgical tools, pacemakers and intravascular instruments, plasmids, viruses and protein sequences.
Here, we include most things that concern food and beverages in general. More specific examples of products and processes include functional food, sweeteners, food additives, new methods of producing food and beverages.
The field of healthcare spans from medicines to dosage devices. More specific examples of products and opportunities within the field include new compounds, pharmaceutical products and preparations, supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) and pediatric extensions (PEs), new medical uses of known chemical compounds, administration and dosages, screening methods and diagnostic kits.
This field includes all types of media, from printed to electronic and digital media. More specific examples include image editing, apps, TV, streaming services, movies, entertainment, newspapers and trade press, commercials and social media.
This field spans from customized materials for specific applications to the newly developed nanostructures with unique properties. More specific examples include MEMS technology, miniaturized microphones, accelerometers, and gyroscopes, functional materials with nanoparticles, and chip-based miniature sensors.
This field includes environmentally friendly processes and products and beyond. More specific examples include renewable energy, bio-oil, biomass pyrolysis and gasification and water purification.
This presents a very vast and varying field that includes most of the manufacturing industry. More specific examples of processes of this field of industry comprise industrial coating, production and refining processes.
This is an industry spanning from forestry to agricultural machinery. More specific examples of products and processes within this field include plant and seedling protection, forest machine simulators, logging equipment, propulsion systems for agricultural machinery and harvesting machinery.
This field spans from vehicles to conveyor belts and everything in between and beyond. More specific examples include fuel for various types of engines, propulsion, engines, propulsion systems, control systems, transportation systems and freight transport.
This field includes mechanical technology for use in any engineering setting, from small workshops to manufacturing factories. Examples of products within this field include saw blades, drill bits, drilling machines, bearings, industrial robots and woodworking tools.
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is an appropriate name describing the technologies that build 3D objects by adding layer-upon-layer of material. AM is being used for prototyping and new material development as well as to fabricate aircraft components, dental implant, medical implants, automobile components, and even fashion products.