ENGINEERING SERVICES

• Electrical Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Computer Hardware Engineering
• Computer Software Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Description

Electrical and electronic engineering are very different, yet frequently go hand-in-hand with each other.  Robotics, process control and automation are three examples where electrical and electronic engineering come together.  Electrical engineering includes the  motors, servos, conveyer belts, heaters, coolers, compressors, pumps, fans, lights and so on.  Electronics engineering includes the design and creation of electronic controls for the purpose of controlling some of the electrical devices listed above.

Computer Hardware and Software Engineering Description

Computer Engineering usually is assumed to encompass hardware and software, both.  A computer engineer handles both of these categories.  If the engineer handles only one category or the other, they are a computer software engineer, or a computer hardware engineer.  A computer software engineer designs and implements software.  A computer hardware engineer designs and installs computer hardware.  An overall computer engineer does both at the same time.  An example of both at the same time might be interfacing (connecting) a computer to a piece of hardware.  The hardware is first designed, then a device driver is written, telling the computer how to make that piece of hardware work together with the computer.  This is the first step of process control and robotics.

Mechanical Engineering Description

Mechanical Engineering involves the shaping and crafting of hardware components, typically non-computer parts, and not necessarily electrical or electronic.  Mechanical engineering can involve only, as the name implies, mechanical parts.  A clock maker would be a type of mechanical engineer.  Mechanical engineers design planes, trains and automobiles, just to name a few.  ICS Engineering performs certain types of mechanical engineering, as it pertains to process control and robotics.

Patent Applications

ICS Engineering has the knowledge, equipment, legal and other resources to help you put together and submit a patent application through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  We have a patent library nearby at the Arizona State University that we have access to I order to expedite a search.  We, however are at the mercy of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) when it comes to processing the request.  No idea too small or too big.  Confidentiality assured.

Copyrights, Marks and Trademarks

These are set up much in the same way as a patent.  However, they have very different powers.  You patent something "tangible", like a machine, or physical product.  A copyright or trademark is usually described as "works of art" and "intellectual property".  These terms make all the difference.  According to some changes in the rules, you can copyright (not patent) written or recorded works simply by placing a copyright statement in the work.  An example is:  copyright (c) 2000, John J. Doe.  That would be enough, and would not require filing an application at the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).  However, filing is recommended, as the first filer is the grantee of the copyright, over simple copyrights.  If nobody files, then the earliest date amongst them is the grantee.

In short, ICS Engineering wants to be your choice to handle all of your engineering needs and projects that you are anticipating in the near future, or those projects that have been waiting for you to get ready.  Give us a call today and ask us what we can do for you, and, more importantly, with you!