IP Consultant, Patent Attorney
Areas of Expertise
Carl Petter holds a master’s degree in space physics from the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) and the University of Oslo (UiO) from 2002, and has worked on the interaction between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field. He has a broad academic background in mathematics, physics, and philosophy.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Carl Petter worked with development aid, focusing on logistics and the operation of rolling stock. In the 2000s, he gained extensive experience in Arctic logistics and research. He has worked for the Norwegian Polar Institute and the Norwegian Mapping Authority’s departments in Svalbard, including serving as head of the Mapping Authority’s geodetic observatory in Ny-Ålesund.
Since 2013, Carl Petter has worked as a patent advisor and has contributed to ensuring that Norwegian companies and inventors protect their competitive advantages in the best possible way. His technical expertise covers a wide range of fields: telecommunications, optics, physical processes, aquaculture, surgical/medical equipment, offshore, pumps, cyclones, mechanics, sports equipment, and tools.
Carl Petter has worked for Onsagers since February 2021.
2021 – d.d. : Patentrådgiver, Onsagers AS, Oslo
2013 – 2020: Patentrådgiver, Tandbergs Patentkontor AS, Oslo
2008 – 2012: Operatør og stasjonssjef, Statens Kartverk, Svalbard
2004 – 2008: Optisk ingeniør og feltguide, Norsk Polarinstitutt, Svalbard
2002 – 2004: Lærer, Forsøksgymnaset/Sinsen Videregående skole, Oslo
1993 – 1996: Sosiallærer, The Small School at Winestead, England
1986 – 1993: Etablerte og driftet Humana, tøyinnsamling og utskipning til 3. verden, London
1979 – 1986: U-landshjelp fra Folk til Folk(UFF). Var med på å starte opp foreningen i Norge og Danmark.
1997 – 2002: Hovedfag i romfysikk, Universitetet i Oslo og Svalbard
Publikasjoner
Moen, J., H. C. Carlson, K. Oksavik, C. P. Nielsen, S. E. Pryse, H. R. Middleton, I. W. McCrea, and P. Gallop, EISCAT observations of plasma patches at sub-auroral cusp latitudes, Annal. Geophys, 24, 2363-2374, 2006.
Carlson, H. C., J. Moen, K. Oksavik, C. P. Nielsen, I. W. McCrea, and T. Pedersen, Direct observations of injection-events of subauroral-plasma into the polar cap, Geophys. Res. Lett., 2006.
[27][C][D]Zhang, Q. H., M. W. Dunlop, R. Y. Liu, H. G. Yang, H. Q. Hu, B. C. Zhang, M. Lester, Y. V. Bogdanova, I. W. McCrea, Z. J. Hu, S. R. Crothers, C. La Hoz, and C. P. Nielsen (2011), Coordinated Cluster/Double Star and ground-based observations of dayside reconnection signatures on 11 February 2004, ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE, 29 (10), 1827–1847, doi:10.5194/angeo-29-1827-2011.
Gerland S, Gascard J-C, Ivanov B, Nielsen C-P, Nilsen F, Pavlova O, Leu E, Tverberg V, Barrault S (2008) Fast ice evolution in Kongsfjorden compared with other Svalbard fjords. Polarnet Technical Report June 2008 (Azzolini R, ed.), CNR, Rome, Italy. pp. 44-46
Effekter av predatorkontroll og klima på bestandsforhold hos ærfugl på Svalbard Sluttrapport for Svalbards Miljøvernfond 2012 Børge Moe, Sveinn Are Hanssen, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Frank Hanssen, Sophie Bourgeon, Olga Pavlova, Carl Petter Nielsen, Sebastian Gerland, Geir W. Gabrielsen