The patent group at Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer prepares and prosecutes patent applications to protect our clients?¿½ inventions.  Our patent attorneys and patent agents handle various patent-related matters, including: ?¿½  Drafting and filing original patent applications. ?¿½  Prosecuting patent applications. ?¿½  Foreign filing patent applications in accordance with the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. ?¿½  Filing International patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), including filing of National Phase applications. ?¿½  Analysis of prior art, patents, and patent applications, for both offensive and defensive purposes. ?¿½  Counseling and opinion practice, including preparation of legal opinions with regard to patentability, infringement, ?¿½freedom to operate?¿½, and enforceability of patents. ?¿½  Counseling inventors, investors and patentees on various patent-related issues. ?¿½  Patent licensing, patent sale and assignment, and ownership-related issues. ?¿½  Patent portfolio management, analysis, augmentation, and improvement. ?¿½  Patent-related litigation, including patent enforcement cases to assert our clients?¿½ patent rights against infringers, and patent defense cases to defend our clients from alleged accusations of infringement. Our patent attorneys and patent agents are authorized to practice in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as in the Israeli Patent Office.  Our firm further files and prosecutes patent applications in all other countries through our years-long connections with associated intellectual property firms around the world. Quality and professionalism are a key aspect of our patent practice.  Our professionals strive to achieve the best and strongest patent protection for our clients.  Most of our patent attorneys and patent agents have advanced degrees in relevant scientific and engineering disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, electrical engineering, aeronautic engineering, and other fields.  Our professionals are proud to handle patent matters of some of the world?¿½s leading corporations and Fortune 500 companies.