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Industry expertise for intellectual property.

Understanding ideas in depth and from all angles is the first step towards effective protection of your intellectual property. We pave the way to achieving this goal thanks to our outstanding technical expertise.

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Our mission is to turn your intellectual accomplishments into your protected intellectual property – across all industries and technical fields. From A to Z! And our services set new standards thanks to our wholehearted passion and genuine interest.

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Additive manufacturing (3D printing)
Applied physics
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Automation
Automotive
Automotive engineering
B
Battery management
Big data
Biophysics
C
Computer-implemented inventions
Consumer goods
Crystallography
D
Detectors
E
Electrical engineering
Electric vehicles
Electronics
Endoscopy
Energy development
Engines
F
Fuel cells
H
HF systems
High-voltage technology
I
Image processing
Industrial trucks
Industry 4.0 – 4IR
Instrumentation and control engineering
Integrated circuits (ICs)
Internet of things
L
Laser science
Logistics
M
Machine learning
Magnetics
Maritime technology
Materials analysis
Materials engineering
Measuring instruments
Mechanical engineering
Medical devices
Membrane technology
Metallurgy
Microscopy
O
Ophthalmology
Optics
P
Process engineering
R
Renewable energies
Robotics
S
Semiconductor physics
Sensor technology
Signal transmission
Software
Solid-state physics
Spectroscopy
Superconductivity
Surface physics
Systems engineering
T
Telecommunications
Thin-film technology
Transmission systems
V
Vacuum and ultra-high vacuum technology
W
Wearables
Wind power
X
X-ray technology

Artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Thanks to ever more powerful computers and cheaper storage capacity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), deep learning and other associated methods have become central to many technical fields. Whether used to control complex systems, simulate and predict the physical states of systems, edit images, interact with users, analyse data or design workpieces , AI and ML are being deployed in ever more fields in order to find more stable and complex solutions more quickly.
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This is reflected by the fact that the number of patent application families for AI-based inventions has grown by almost 20% per annum in recent years – five times higher than average growth across all technological fields.

Unlike in the US, where instances of artificial intelligence can be protected as such using patents, neural networks, support vector machines and other instances of AI are classed as abstract mathematical models, meaning that they cannot be patented in this form. If, however, a specific technical effect, serving a specific technical purpose, is generated within these models, the technological application can also be patented within Germany and Europe as a computer-implemented invention. The same applies in respect of machine learning methods, such as the training of neural networks for specific technological applications using data and learning processes specially selected or prepared for this purpose.

AI systems are now so advanced that they can generate technological inventions themselves (computer-generated inventions, CGI) without a human having influenced them, apart from perhaps having set the task. AI-generated inventions are still so new that no consensus has been reached as to whether patents can be issued for them. The trend is, however, moving towards the notion that CGIs should not be excluded from patent protection, but that a natural person needs to be named as the inventor (cf. German Federal Patent Court). However, it has not been clarified what role the inventor needs to have played in the invention.

In recent years, SEEMANN & PARTNER have handled numerous AI- and ML-based patent applications in various technical fields and will be happy to advise you on issues in this area.
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Communication and information technology.

Global interconnectivity and the digitalisation of industry and society are moving ahead in leaps and bounds, dramatically changing the way in which we communicate with each other, do business and develop workflows/production processes.
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All these segments are continuously generating innovations – from small improvements through to paradigm shifts – that require the protection of intellectual property. The transition to 4IR is well under way, the Internet of things is growing all the time and data mining/big data are enabling more applications of AI within smart homes, the service sector and industry.

The patent attorneys at SEEMANN & PARTNER have many years of experience with innovations in these fields under their belt and will help you to effectively protect, defend and assert ideas and new technologies.
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Mechanical and electrical engineering.

Mechanical and electrical engineering constitute the backbone of German industry, with manufacturing processes and machinery constantly improving. Few other areas are subject to such fierce domestic and international competition and such pressure to innovate.
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Innovations are now particularly prized in specialist mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, aviation and aerospace engineering, conventional and renewable energy development and in materials and medical engineering. Here, expertise in mechanical and electrical engineering is just as vital as in process, control and instrumentation engineering.

The patent attorneys at SEEMANN & PARTNER boast many years of experience and in-depth specialist knowledge in these areas, e.g. in specialist mechanical engineering for the tobacco industry, wind farms and robotics. We will help you to develop protective concepts for your innovations.
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Medical technology and imaging.

Medical technology is one of the most innovative industries in Germany. Medical diagnostics would simply not be the same without imaging equipment such as video endoscopes, medical microscopes and CT/MRI scanners.
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Both the instruments and devices themselves, as well as the associated imaging techniques, are being continuously developed to enable new and improved diagnostic applications.

What’s more, innovative bone graft materials, expensive mobile breath gas analysis devices, operating theatre monitoring and management systems and cleaning systems for surgical instruments are all contributing to huge improvements in medical care.

Our patent attorneys at SEEMANN & PARTNER are highly experienced in this field and will help you to protect your innovations in the best way possible.
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Measuring instruments and process engineering.

Measuring instruments are at the heart of all automated processes and control tasks. In combustion engines, for instance, measurements of exhaust intermediates are used to influence engine control.
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Various measuring methods have a direct influence on the operation of systems and facilitate quality assurance: visual recognition of product defects during protection, electromagnetic measurement of material properties using high-frequency or microwave measurement devices and vibration measurement in rotor blades and the towers of wind turbines.

As physicists themselves, the patent attorneys at SEEMANN & PARTNER have a profound understanding of the principles underpinning the various measuring techniques, coupled with extensive experience in patenting measuring equipment and workflows/production processes in this and many other technical fields. They will help you to develop IP strategies that protect your innovations.
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Mobility and energy.

Driven by the challenges associated with climate change, finite fossil resources and a changing geopolitical environment, we are witnessing technological change of unprecedented speed – with the trend moving towards renewable energies and zero-emission vehicles.
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Battery-based electric drive systems are competing with hydrogen-based systems such as fuel cells, hydrogen internal combustion engines and hydrogen-based synthetic fuels, with myriad battery systems currently undergoing further development. What’s more, self-driving and networked vehicles are almost ready to go. Wind, photovoltaic, solar and geothermal power are all making great strides and will play a larger role in economic terms in the future.

The patent attorneys at SEEMANN & PARTNER have amassed considerable experience in the area of renewable energies and mobility and are waiting to assist you in the development of intellectual property strategies to safeguard your innovations in this field.
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TECHNIcal Range

Artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Communication and information technology.

Mechanical and electrical engineering.

Medical technology and imaging.

Measuring instruments and process engineering.

Mobility and energy.