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The role of Intellectual Property in the Life Sciences and Chemical industries cannot be overestimated. Companies developing pharmaceuticals and drugs invest huge R&D resources long before they are able to prove the effectiveness of a new product and obtain regulatory approval. However the resulting products offer the potential for spectacular returns. Properly protected intellectual property (IP) adds tangible economic value and facilitates the development of a market. The appropriate IP management is vital in order to develop a competitive advantage and raise the commercial value of the product.
The Luzzatto Group earned its solid reputation in working with leading international corporations in Israel and abroad.
The Life Science Group is extremely sensitive to the diverse client needs and assists the firm’s clients from the early stages of securing IP rights and throughout the development of the product. The Luzzatto Group assists in forging the IP strategy individually suited to each client and to its goals.
The members of the Life Science and Chemistry Group at Luzzatto & Luzzatto patent attorneys have a rich technical background in chemical engineering, cell biology, protein chemistry, organic chemistry, chromatography, genetics, virology, microbiology, molecular biology, signal transduction, biotechnology, immunology and others. Their broad interdisciplinary knowledge allows the group to address complicated IP issues.
Dr. Kfir Luzzatto - Managing Partner, Patent Attorney
Dr. Kfir Luzzatto was born and educated in Italy. After serving in the Israeli Army he acquired his technical education in Israel, where he received a PhD in chemical engineering. He received a number of academic awards, including the Landau
Award for Research. Kfir Luzzatto has taught university courses on “Patents and Technology” and is the author of numerous technical, scientific and professional articles, including an educational series of articles in the Hebrew press. He is a member of FICPI, AIPPI, INTA and AIPA, but what he is really proud of is his membership in the National Geographic Society.
Kfir is the author of “The World of Patents”, published in 2002in Israel by Globes Press
Dr. Esther Luzzatto - Managing Partner, Patent Attorney
Dr. Esther Luzzatto was born and educated in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Air Force she studied chemistry at the Ben-Gurion University of The Negev, from which she received a PhD in chemistry. After working in the firm as a chemist for ten years she joined as a partner in 1997. Her main interests lie in general chemistry, and in the daily management of the firm’s activities.
Esther constantly combines her work with public service, in education and other fields. Among her many activities she serves as a councilor in her home town, she is also a member of the Negev Hi-Tech Center, a member of the Economy Forum of The Negev and the Deputy President of the Alumni Association of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Prof. Emanuel Manzurola - Partner, Patent Attorney
Prof. Emanuel Manzurola’s education includes a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Physics from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, M.Sc. in physical Chemistry, and a B.Sc. and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
In the years 1982 - 1996 Emanuel held the position of Head of the Department of Chemistry of The Technological College of Beer Sheva. Since 1986 he has been lecturing part-time at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, as an Associate Professor. In later years he was a lecturer and the head of the Research Contracts Department of the Academic Engineering College of The Negev.
He has written five chemistry books and is the author and co-author of many scientific papers. He became a registered patent attorney in 1997 and has been associated with L&L patent attorneys since. Emanuel became a partner in 2004.
Dr. Thomas Guttmann- Partner, Patent Attorney
Dr. Thomas Guttmann was born and educated in the Czech Republic. He studied physical chemistry and molecular biology at Charles University in Prague. After receiving a PhD in chemistry, Thomas engaged in R&D for biotechnological companies in Czechoslovakia and in Israel, mainly in the fields of cell biology, biotechnology, protein chemistry, organic chemistry, chromatography, and analytical methods.
Thomas joined Luzzatto & Luzzatto patent attorneys in 2000 and became a partner in 2006.
Dr. Sheila Zrihan-Licht - Partner, Patent Attorney
Dr. Sheila Zrihan-Licht earned her PhD in molecular biology from Tel Aviv University in 1995, having received her BSc degree in 1988 and M.Sc., Magna Cum Laudae, in 1990. Between 1995-1998, Sheila was a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Boston, MA. During those years she published over 15 papers in the fields of molecular biology and signal transduction.
Upon returning to Israel in 1998 she joined a bio-technology startup company as the firm’s Chief Scientist. In 2000, she joined Luzzatto & Luzzatto patent attorneys and was licensed as a patent attorney in 2002. Her main fields of expertise include molecular biology, signal transduction, biotechnology, immunology and cell biology.
Sheila was made a partner in 2008.
Dr. Adriana Folberg-Blum - Patent Attorney
Dr. Adriana Folberg-Blum received her BSc degree in Biology/Genetics from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil. She went on to pursue her PhD studies in molecular embryology at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. She received her PhD degree with Honors in 1999. Adriana subsequently conducted post-doctoral research in the area of gene function as a Charles Chlore Fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Moshe Oren, at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Adriana has published in the fields of Medical Genetics, Immunobiology, Developmental Biology and Cancer research. After completing her two-year fellowship at the Weizmann Institute, Adriana joined Luzzatto & Luzzatto patent attorneys in 2001. She works at the Jerusalem branch, specializing in Biotechnology patents.
Dr. Adina Cohen - Technical Adviser
Dr. Adina Cohen was born and educated in Beer Sheva, Israel. She studied biology of the Faculty of Life Sciences of Bar Ilan University.
AfterreceivinganMScwithhighhonorsin2002, Adina studied towards her PhD degree, which focused on the research of molecular and clinical aspects of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV). She presented her research in conferences both in Israel and overseas, and published several articles in referred journals.
Adina joined Luzzatto & Luzzatto patent attorneys in 2007.
Dr. Sebastien Herrmann – Technical Adviser
Dr. Sebastien Herrmann was born and educated in France. He learned biochemistry, molecular biology and bioinformatics at the University of Science and Technology of Montpellier. AfterreceivingaMScinbiochemistryandbioinformaticsin2002, Sebastien completed his PhD work at the department of Biotechnology Engineering at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
After completing his PhD work, he joined Luzzatto & Luzzatto patent attorneys in 2007.
Dr. Zeev Shmelzer – Technical Adviser
Dr. Zeev Shmelzer earned his PhD (Magna Cum Laudae) in biochemistry from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2006, having received his B.Sc. in 2000 and M.Sc. (Magna Cum Laudae) in 2002. Zeev joined Luzzatto & Luzzatto patent attorneys in 2006. His main fields of expertise include biochemistry, molecular biology, signal transduction, immunology and cell biology.
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