Patent Attorneys - Agents

Managing Partner

Dr. Susan E. Lifshitz
Patent Attorney
Susan E. Lifshitz
Susan E. Lifshitz

Susan is a registered Israel patent attorney (Israel Patent Attorney Reg. No. 184), who has run a life science patent department in one of the largest Israeli patent attorney offices. Susan currently is an IP manager for an internet start-up company. She has broad experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in fields ranging from biotechnology, through chemistry, medical devices to internet marketing.

Dr. Lifshitz was born and educated in London, England and holds a B.Sc. in biochemical engineering from University College London. She studied industrial engineering and management in Cambridge University and then studied towards a M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology and a Ph.D. in Biotechnology/Applied Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Susan has broad academic experience and was a visiting lecturer/ professor at UCL, Shenkar School of Engineering and Design and Hadassah College.

Her industrial expertise included technology transfer from R&D into industrial scale projects in biotechnology and microelectronics, and was employed by Koor Chemicals, Sigma Chemicals and AVX.

Of Counsel

Chaim Crown Advocate,
Notary and Solicitor

Chaim was educated in England, and holds a B.A. (Jurisprudence), M.A. and B.C.L. from Oxford University. Chaim is an Israel attorney and Solicitor of Supreme Court of England. He is also a Barrister/Solicitor of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Chaim has broad experience in corporate and company law, licensing, hi-tech, investments, international contracts, telecom regulation. Chaim was employed in a leading communications company in England as a senior regulatory lawyer. Additionally he was a senior legal assistant at the Israeli Ministry of Justice, Attorney General’s Department, as well as a deputy legal advisor at the Israeli Ministry of Communications. Chaim has been a corporate and commercial IP counsel in a number of leading corporate law firms and patent attorney offices.

Associate and Consultant Patent Attorneys and Agents

Dr. Allan Farber, Israel Patent Attorney

Dr Farber is an Israel Patent Attorney (Israel Patent Attorney Reg. No. 263) and holds an A.B. in Physics from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in physics from Brandeis University. Dr. Farber has many years of industrial experience in the optics and coatings industries holding R& D scientist and manager positions. He trained as a patent attorney in Israel and has significant experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in many fields of physics and engineering.

Haya Rosenknoph – Israel Patent Attorney, Information Specialist

Haya is a registered Israel Patent Attorney (Israel Patent Attorney Reg. no. 241) and information specialist. Haya has more than 8 years experience in all kinds of patent searching especially in chemistry and pharmaceutical searches (including Markush structures, prior art, patentability, validity & freedom to operate searches) as well as patent analysis and drafting patents. Haya worked for more than 8 years at Teva Pharmaceuticals Israel as Patent Attorney and Information Specialist, and thereafter headed the information unit of the largest Israeli patent attorney offices. She has worked as an independent information specialist and as a lecturer as well. Haya also has industrial experience from Teva Pharmaceuticals Israel. Haya holds an MSc in polymer chemistry from Hebrew university of Jerusalem, and a BSc in organic chemistry from Bar Ilan University.

Haim Stepelman, Israel Patent Attorney

Haim is an Israel Patent Attorney (Reg. No. 254) and holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a BA from Yeshiva University in Engineering Sciences. He has experience in industrial engineering and computing projects. Haim has several years' experience in a top Israeli patent office, and has extensive experience in prior art searches, as well as in drafting patent applications in a large variety of fields from mechanical and medical devices, electronics, and internet applications.

 

Scientific Consultants

Prof. Aron Vecht

Prof. Vecht has many years of experience as a research scientist (A.E.I) and was a lecturer and professor at Greenwich University, London in Materials Science for several decades.

Prof. Vecht has numerous publications and patents in the fields of phosphors, electroluminescent materials and displays, thin films, novel and super-pure materials.

Dr. Bernard Crammer

Dr. Bernard Crammer was the Chief Biotechnology/Chemistry Examiner at the Israel Patent Office and was employed there from 1968-2001. He has worked as a consultant for private patent attorney offices since then.

Dr. Crammer holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Bar Ilan University, an MSc. in Organic Chemistry from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a B.Sc. in chemistry from Chelsea College London. Dr. Crammer also has industrial experience from Teva Pharmaceuticals, Israel.

Dr. Zeev Jonas

Dr. Jonas holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Pharmacology. He has many years of industrial and clinical experience, including managing laboratories at Teva, IDL and Misgav and Ladach General Hospital. He has experience in product development, inter alia, from Non-cognitive technologies (NCT) and Point Diagnostics.

Mr. Ori Cheshin

Ori holds a B.Sc. in Life Seiences from Tel Aviv University, as well as having studied Law and Earth Sciences at TA university. Ori is currently studying towards an M.Sc. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Medical School's Biochemistry department.