1946 B.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA

1950 J.D. from the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA

1951 LL.M. from the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA

1947-1952 Examiner in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Washington, D.C., USA

1952-1954 Patent Attorney, Judge Advocates Office, Wright Air Development Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, USA

1954-1963 Patent Attorney, Burroughs Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, USA

1963-present Patent Attorney and Advocate, Tel Aviv, Israel
Engaged primarily in the preparation and prosecution of Patent Applications in Israel, USA, and most countries throughout the world.
For most of this period, operated own firm.
At the present time, Of Counsel to Ehrlich & Fenster, Patent Attorney

Mr. Barish is admitted to practice in the Bars of Washington, D.C., Michigan and Israel.

Mr. Barish is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and the Patent Office in Israel.

1990 B.Sc. degree in Engineering, Major in Mechanical Engineering from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City, USA

1995 M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

1990-1991 Occupational and Industrial Orthopedic Center (OIOC), NYC – Research and Consulting Engineer. Transit Authority Vibration Project – Performed analysis of vibration exposure to motormen and proposed recommendations to meet the NIH standards.

1995-1999 BarOn Technologies / InMotion Technologies, Haifa – Project Coordinator for Force Feedback Joystick Project and a member of the R&D Algorithm Team.

2000-2003 Palti Consultants, Haifa – Performed feasibility analysis and prepared disclosures for various inventions in the medical field.

2003-2006 Given Imaging, Yokneam – In-House Patent Attorney.

2005 Licensed as a Patent Agent before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

2006 Affiliated with Ehrlich & Fenster as a licensed US Patent Agent.

2007 Licensed as a Patent Attorney before the Israel Patent & Trademark Office.

1986-1993 B.Sc. degree in Biology and Ph.D degree in Genetic Engineering from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

1993-1996 LL.B. degree from the Tel-Aviv University Law School

1995-1998 Served as a lecturer at the Faculty of General Studies and the Faculty of Law of the Haifa University.
During his academic career, Dr. Ehrlich authored over 25 papers, chapters and books in the fields of Medicine, Biology, Biochemistry, Genetic Engineering, Law and Ethics.

Dr. Ehrlich was honored with the following awards:
1986 - Released from the IDF with distinction;
1987-1989; 3 conseqyutive years - The Hebrew University Deans award;
1989 - The Golda Meir award;
1990 - The Polak Family award;
1994 - The World Association of Medical Law award.

Since 1994, and after having worked as a Patent Attorney for a small patent firm in Israel for six years, Dr. Ehrlich set up his own firm, Ehrlich & Partners, in mid-2000. He immediately set out to complement his expertise with a premier staff of highly talented patent attorneys in other disciplines including, Biotech, Immunology, Agrotechnology, Bioinformatics, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Physics, Electronics, Electrooptics, Mechanics, Medical Devices, Computer Software, Computer Hardware, Telecommunications, Business Methods, Trademarks, Design Patents, IP Litigation Support, Breeder's Rights.

Within one year, Ehrlich & Partners was the fastest growing patent attorney firm in Israel. The Firm continued to grow exponentially, and since 2005 has been repeatedly ranked by Dun & Bradstreet as the second largest Israeli patent firm in Israel.
In late 2006, Fenster & Co., the leading Israeli patent firm specializing in the medical devices arts, merged in the firm to form Ehrlich & Fenster.

Ehrlich & Fenster has been recognized by Chambers & Partners and Managing Intellectual Property, as a Band I and Tier 1 Patent Firm in Israel, respectively, for the second and third consecutive year, respectively.

The firm has ISO9001:2000, IQC and UKAS certification.
Dr. Ehrlich has been recognized by Chambers & Partners and Managing Intellectual Property as a Band I and Tier 1 Patent Attorney in Israel, respectively, for the second consecutive year.

According to Managing Intellectual Property's Top PCT Filing firms for the year 2009, Ehrlich & Fenster files the highest number of PCT applications amongst all other Israeli firms and is ranked 30th worldwide in PCT filings for the year 2009.

In early 2008, Dr. Ehrlich founded IPTrade, Israel's leading business platform for selling unexploited hi-technology patents to an eager world of multi-national corporations seeking to grow and diversify their IP portfolios.

Voluntary Activities:

1994-Present:Member of the Society for Medicine and Law in Israel

2005-Present Pro bono drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications for MILBAT, a voluntary organization developing and implementing technological solutions for the disabled..

2007 Drafter of the Policies and Regulations of the Tribunal of the Israeli Equestrian Federation.

2007-Present Chairman of the Tribunal of the Israeli Equestrian Federation.

2010 Member of The Management of the Friends of HaBimah National Theater Society

1989 B.Sc. (Honors) degree in Mathematics & Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Talpiyot Program), Israel

1994 M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

1994 Mr. Fenster joined the practice of Sanford T. Colb & Co. as a Patent Attorney trainee.

1996 Mr. Fenster was licensed to practice before the Israel Patent Office as a Patent Attorney and as a Patent Agent at the US Patent & Trademark Office.

In 1997, Mr. Fenster co-founded the firm of Fenster & Company, later to merge in 2006 with the practice of Ehrlich & Partners, becoming Ehrlich & Fenster, Israel’s largest & leading Patent Attorneys firm.

Mr. Fenster's main areas of expertise are in Internet, Computer Science, Image Processing, Bioengineering, Medical Devices and Medical Imaging.

Mr. Fenster was involved in drafting and prosecution of thousands of patent applications and in oppositions and litigation support worldwide.

Mr. Fenster was involved in drafting opinions about patentability, opinions about freedom to operate and opinions about infringement.

Mr. Fenster is an inventor in about 30 patent applications in the fields of software and medical devices (mechanics and electronics)

Informally, Mr. Fenster has spent the past 17 years meeting with and learning from the leading people in Israeli academia and hi-tech, on a daily basis.
Mr. Fenster was a mentor in Talpiyot courses and was involved in the selection of students for the Talpiyot Program

Mr. Fenster lectures in academic and professional forums.

1960 B.E.E., Magna cum Laude, City College of New York

1964 M.Sc. in Electro Physics at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York

1967 Ph.D. in Electro Physics at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York

1960-1988 Dr. Fenster was active in various areas of R&D before becoming a Patent Attorney.

1988-2006 Associated with Indigo, Ltd. (now a division of Hewlett-Packard) as a Senior Manager responsible for the company’s IP and later serving as their outside Patent Attorney. During this period, Dr. Fenster was responsible for the preparation and prosecution of over 100 patent applications.

1990-1996 Dr. Fenster joined the practice of Sanford T. Colb & Co., where he set-up and headed a Hi-Tech patent group. During this period, Dr. Fenster was also involved in a number of US litigations, licensing and preparation of validity and infringement opinions.
Dr. Fenster was active in the field of medical imaging at Elscint Ltd. where he headed a project developing digital subtraction angiography machines and was divisional manager for X-Ray R&D. He was part of Elcint's legal team that successfully enforced its patents against Sopha Medical Systems and ADAC.

Dr. Fenster performed R&D and consulted in the fields of microwave tubes while working for Varian Associates and Elta Electronics Industries, Ltd. During that time he spent three years as the General Manager of the Microwave Tube Plant at Elta. He performed research in high power short pulse generation and measurement at Sperry Rand Research Center. Dr. Fenster was Manager, R&D at ECI Telecom. He later founded and headed the Microelectronics Technology Center at Tadiran.

Dr. Fenster was a full time professor of Electrical Engineering at City College of New York for 5 years, and has taught courses at Tel Aviv University, The Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa, The Weizmann Institute and was also a Visiting Professor of Physics in Medicine at Cornell University Medical School.

Dr. Fenster brings to his present work a unique combination of high level industrial R&D experience, preparation and prosecution of patent applications and substantial litigation experience.

Dr. Fenster is a registered Patent Attorney in Israel since 1990 and a US Patent Agent since 1989.
In 1997, Dr. Fenster co-founded the firm of Fenster & Company, later to merge in 2006 with the practice of Ehrlich & Partners, becoming Ehrlich & Fenster, Israel’s largest & leading Patent Attorneys firm.

1966-1970 B.A. degree, magna cum laude, in Physics from Brandeis University, USA

1970-1977 Ph.D. degree in Physics from University of California at Berkeley, USA

1976-1979 Cornell University, Laboratory of Plasma Studies. Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Scientist, research on stability of ion beams and magnetically confined plasmas for fusion energy.

1979-1990 M.I.T., Plasma Fusion Center, and (1988-89) Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Research Scientist, theoretical and experimental research on stability, heating and equilibrium of magnetically confined plasmas for fusion energy, and on plasma-spacecraft interactions.

1990-1997 SatCon Technology Corp., Cambridge, MA, USA. Senior Engineer, R&D, including project management, on motor and actuator design, ordinary and superconducting magnet design, magnetic materials, smart materials, vibration control, ion sources, robotics, MEMS, and fluid dynamics, under contracts from the US Dept. of Defense, NASA, and the US Dept. of Energy.

1997-2000 Independent Consultant. R&D on magnetic shielding, fluorescent lights, smart materials, and motor and actuator design, for private industry, the US Dept. of Defense, and NASA.

2000-2001 GE Medical Systems, Haifa. Senior Scientist, R&D on magnetic resonance imaging.

2001-2006 Fenster & Co. Patent Attorneys

2006 Affiliated with Ehrlich & Fenster

1957-1963 M.Sc. degree in Theoretical Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

1964-1965 Graduate School at the Technion, General Relativity and Field Theory

1965-1970 Work in the Chemical Industry, last position: VP. Initiated Doubling of Production, in charge of financing.

1970-1973 Electronic Industry VP in charge of Development and Administration.

1973-1986 Tadiran Ltd. - Corporate Logistics Manager

1987-1989 Marketing in England and South Africa

1990-1991 General Manager HELED Educational Experiences – Turnaround from deficit of 40% of Budget to balanced budget.

1991-1992 Guest Lecturer, Ricanati school of Economics, Tel Aviv University

1993-1999 Logistics Systems Engineer, ECI Telecom

1999-2000 Teacher-Rabbi at Yeshiva Tichonit Petah Tikva

2000-2006 Fenster & Company, apprenticeship, Trademark Administrator, Patent Attorney 2004

2006 Affiliated with Ehrlich & Fenster

1965 B.A. degree in Philosophy from Yale University, USA
Degree was awarded Cum Laude with departmental “High Honors”, after 3 years of study.

1967 MFA Awarded by the University of Iowa, USA

1973-1977 Formal and informal training in therapeutic and organizational psychology

1982 Received Diploma as Systems Analyst from the AML Institute, USA

Mr. Kleinberger is largely an autodidact, a fact reflected in various aspects of his career. He served as a supervisor of field psychologists in the Israel Defence Forces Field Psychology unit, despite not holding a formal degree in the field. He taught computer science in the School of Library Science of the Hebrew University before engaging in the formal study of Computer Science.

Mr. Kleinberger holds several U.S. patents in computer science (hypertext technology, information retrieval) and several in stereoscopic three-dimensional displays, which are electronically driven optical systems

Several of Mr. Kleinberger’s inventions have been implemented and commercialized, including one reported by Time Magazine and recognized as “Best New Application of the Year” by the American Software Publishers’ Association

2001-2006 Affiliated with Ehrlich & Partners involved in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications

2006 Affiliated with Ehrlich & Fenster

1985-1988 Pre-medical program University of California (UCI), Irvine.
Completed a three-year pre-med Undergraduate program

1990-1991 B.Sc. degree from the Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Graduated from the Undergraduate program at the Faculty of Life Sciences of the Tel-Aviv University

1991-1993 M.Sc. degree from the Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the M.Sc. program at the Plant Sciences Department of the Tel-Aviv University.
Thesis entitled: “Isolation and Characterization of Plasmodesmatal Proteins and their Organ and Species Specific Expression”.

1993-1998 Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology from the Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Graduated from the Ph.D. program of the Plant Sciences Department at the Tel-Aviv University.

Thesis entitled: “Characterization of the Maize Streak Geminivirus and the Tobacco Mosaic Tobamovirus Movement Proteins: Future Tools for the Isolation and Characterization of Plasmodesmatal Components”.

Since June 2000, Dr. Kotlizky is associated from Ehrlich & Partners, drafting and prosecuting patent applications in various subjects.

2006 Affiliated with Ehrlich & Fenster

1986-1990 B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester, UK

1991 Certificate course in Intellectual Property Law from Queen Mary & Westfield College, London University, UK

1990-1997 Worked for one of the UK’s leading firms of Patent Attorneys, prosecuting patent applications for such clientele as Fujitsu Ltd. and Siemens GmbH

1997-2000 Immigrated to Israel and worked for a leading firm of Patent Attorneys, specializing in the Hi-Tech field

In June 2000, Mr. Melnick joined Ehrlich & Partners at its inception to see it become the leading and fastest growing Intellectual Property firm in Israel.
Mr. Melnick is qualified to practice as a Patent Attorney before the UK Patent Office, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Israel Patent Office.

Mr. Melnick is a fellow of the UK based Chartered Institute of Patent Agents and a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Mr. Melnick has been involved in the preparation of patent applications in many hi-tech fields including Computers, Communications, Physics, Medical Devices and more specifically RF engineering, microwave antennae, satellite communications, sound and image processing, data compression, pattern recognition, control and measurement engineering, computer modeling for applications ranging from process control to product pricing to simulated submarine warfare, communications protocols for PSTN, Internet, and cellular infrastructures including roaming infrastructure, ultrasound location technology, firewall technology, cryptography, semiconductor manufacturing, computer architecture, memory technology, computer input devices and interfaces, smart card technology, semiconductor lasers, including laser-based communication devices for fiber optics, CNC devices and robotics, seismic imaging and electrical machines.

He has also been involved in due diligence assessments of Intellectual Property Portfolios, opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office and litigation support, as well as providing general advice regarding strategy and portfolio management.

1970-1973 B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering, W.P.I., Worcester, MA, USA

1973-1974 M.Sc. degree in Mechnical Engineering, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, USA

1984-1987 M.Sc. degree in Physics from the Weizmann Institure, Israel.
In 1987, based on Mrs. Melnick’s thesis, Nuclear Instruments and Methods published an article

1991-1998 Served as a lecturer of English for Science students at the Hebrew University of Jeruaslem, at the Tel-Aviv University, and at Bar-Ilan University, co-authored a book on “English for Students of Biology”, at the Tel-Aviv University, and authored a text book titled “A Look at the Nature and Structure of the English Language”.

2000 Licensed as a Patent Attorney before the Israel Patent & Trademark Office

2001 Licensed as a Patent Agent before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Mrs. Melnick received the following awards:

1971-3 W.P.I. Dean’s High Honors

1972 Society of Mechanical Engineering award

1972 National Science and Foundation’s Student’s award

Since 1998, Mrs. Melnick has been involved in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications relating to hi-tech fields including Engineering, Physics, Medical & Dental Devices.

2000-2004 B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Haifa University, Israel

2000-2004 LL.B. Law degree, Faculty of Law, Haifa University, Israel

2002-2004 Rafael-Armament Development Authority – Worked as a software programmer on a number of image processing and real time projects.

2004 IViR – Institute for Information of the Faculty of law of the University of Amsterdam. Engaged as a research assistant in several projects and conferences regarding Copyright and Media Law.

2004-2005 Gilat, Bareket & Co. Attorneys at Law – Articled Clerk, engaged in patent litigation.
Was directly involved in several biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent disputes. Assisted in litigation of trademarks, copyrights and trade-secrets cases before the Patents, Trademarks and Design Registrar and in various courts in Israel. Adv. Melzer also handled Domain Name disputes, drafted IP agreements, and assisted in the preparation of IP related legal opinions, commercial cases.

2005 Affiliated with Ehrlich & Partners as a Technical Advisor

2006 Licensed as a Patent Attorney before the Israel Patent & Trademark Office.
Adv. Melzer is presently involved in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in Electronics, Software, Telecommunications, Internet and Medical Devices for International and Israeli companies. Furthermore, Adv. Melzer provides noninfringement and patentability opinions. Adv. Melzer is a member of our litigation support team.

1985-1989 B.Sc., degree in Physics from the Tel-Aviv University, Israel

1990-1996 M.Sc. degree in Physics from the Tel-Aviv University, Israel

1997-2001 Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Dr. Naftali is an active researcher at the Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
To date, Dr. Naftali has published 13 papers in the field of high-energy physics.
Dr. Nafatli’s papers are widely recognized and are referenced by more than 140 works of leading high-energy physicists throughout the world.

Dr. Naftali was honored with the following awards from the Tel-Aviv University:

1998 Prize for Excellency in teaching

2000 Prize for Excellency in scientific research

Dr. Naftali is presently involved in the preparation of patent applications in various hi-tech fields including Physics, Communications, Medical Devices and Medicine.

1991-1996 B.Sc. degree in Engineering (Aerospace) from the University of Michigan, USA

1996-1999 Juris Doctor from the Villanova University School of Law, USA

1997-1998 Famiglio & Massinger, P.A. - Summer Associate - Prepared pleadings and discovery in domestic and international patent infringement cases; assisted with the preparation of patent applications and Office Action responses; worked on a number of trademark infringement litigation matters.

1999-2004 Lott & Friedland, P.A. - IP Attorney - Drafted and prosecuted dozens of patent applications for medical devices, business methods, electrical and mechanical inventions; filed and prosecuted scores of domestic trademark applications before the USPTO; and, acquired litigation experience, including pleadings, motion practice, discovery and settlement negotiations in various intellectual property matters and in Trademark Trial and Appeals Board cases in the USPTO.

2004-2006 Fenster & Co. Patent Attorneys - Prosecuted patent applications before a number of patent offices including the EPO, JPO, and the USPTO in PCT and national applications, including patent appeals and oppositions; consulted on transactional patent matters, including licensing, ownership, and technology transfer issues; and, provided freedom to operate, patentability and invalidity analyses.

2006 Affiliated with Ehrlich & Fenster

1978-1983 B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, Providence, USA.
Awarded with Honors.

1993-1996 M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Awarded with Honors.

Mrs. Weiss was elected to the following honor societies:

1982 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

1982 Sigma Xi Science Honor Society

Mrs. Weiss has work experience in RF system design, and was the Technical Manager of the Israeli office of a U.S. Company providing sophisticated communications equipment to the Israel Defense Forces.

Mrs. Weiss also served as a Technical Writer and Technical Writing Project Manager.

Mrs. Weiss joined Ehrlich & Partners in 2001 and is involved in the preparation of patent applications in hi-tech fields including Computers, Communications, Electronics, and Medical Devices.

2006 Affiliated with Ehrlich & Fenster