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[lawyer2be]

Hey guys,

I know law firms are crazy about hiring EE's CompSci's these days, but exactly which part of EE is it that there are the most patents?
I mean EE and CompSci are really broad majors.

[klaviernista]

Hey guys,

I know law firms are crazy about hiring EE's CompSci's these days, but exactly which part of EE is it that there are the most patents?
I mean EE and CompSci are really broad majors.

circuits; semiconductors; hardware implementation of software/firmware

[Wiscagent]

klaviernista -

Do you have any feeling for how much that semiconductor work can be (or is) competently handled by a chemist or chemical engineer?

[bleedingpen]

klaviernista -

Do you have any feeling for how much that semiconductor work can be (or is) competently handled by a chemist or chemical engineer?

Maybe some of the methods for making semiconductors/semiconductor materials can be handled by chem, chem-e, or materials people. 

[khazzah]

Hey guys,

I know law firms are crazy about hiring EE's CompSci's these days, but exactly which part of EE is it that there are the most patents?
I mean EE and CompSci are really broad majors.

circuits; semiconductors; hardware implementation of software/firmware

I'd add two more EE subspecialities as areas in which a lot of patents appear.

Communications. Meaning modulation, encoding, etc., the stuff you see in IEEE stds like DSL, WiFi, WiMax, cablemodem, etc.

Processor, bus, and memory architectures (sub-sub-specialty). Perhaps that what klav meant by "hw implementation of sw/fw".

I'd say there are far less patents in EE subfields like power and control systems. 

[lawyer2be]

Lol there are so many patents in semiconductor processing O_O

[lawyer2be]

and solid state devices...

wow the semiconductor industry is a giant...

[lawyer2be]

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido ... /cbcby.htm

got this from another forum can see how many patents there are for each field

[klaviernista]

klaviernista -

Do you have any feeling for how much that semiconductor work can be (or is) competently handled by a chemist or chemical engineer?

I am a chemist/Mats Sci guy by training, and I handle semiconductor manufacturing all the time.  Once circuit diagrams get involved, I usually kick the case to someone with a better background.  My current empoyer has tons of EE work though, and they are really pushing to have me do some of it.  As a result, I am teaching myself circuit and EE at night.  It is not going well.

[klaviernista]

Processor, bus, and memory architectures (sub-sub-specialty). Perhaps that what klav meant by "hw implementation of sw/fw".

Pretty much what I had in mind.  Though obviously there are patents outside those particular subfields.