SEFI RAZ, Ph.D.

Partner

Registered Patent Attorney in Israel since 2009

Dr. Raz specializes in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in various fields including chemistry, pharmaceutics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and material sciences. Sefi is mainly involved in drafting and prosecuting patent applications, providing patentability and Freedom to Operate opinions, developing patent strategy, and handling client patent portfolios.

During the years 2014-2019, Dr. Raz served as an in-house patent attorney at Dexcel Pharma, handling all aspects of the company’s patent portfolio including developing patent strategy, drafting and prosecuting patent applications worldwide and attending to Freedom to Operate and due diligence evaluations.

Dr. Raz first joined Webb & Co. as an intern in September 2007. In April 2019, Sefi has rejoined Webb + Co. as a partner.

Education: Dr. Raz obtained her B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Subsequently she obtained her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, under the supervision of Prof. L. Addadi and Prof. S. Weiner. Her thesis research focused on characterizing biogenic calcium carbonate polymorphs.

Dr. Raz trained as a post-doctoral fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, focusing on the development of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques at the Laboratory of Prof. L. Frydman.

Contact info: sefi.raz@wbpatents.com