Lyn Marantz is KK Patents LLC CEO and president. She earned an MSC in Computer Science and Mathematics and has broad R & D experience in the field of computation and communications technologies, as well as in the business aspects of the above. Following over 20 years of R&D work in Bell Laboratories, Ms Marantz participated in the formation of 2 startup companies as Senior systems engineer and chief information architect. Later Ms Marantz became a fully licensed patent agent and worked in a law firm as a corporate patent writer.
In recent years, Ms Marantz was recruited by biotech companies to draft plant related patents. In addition, Ms Marantz provided M & A consultation services and IP Portfolio preparation to a biotech company.
Eli Khayat, PhD Plant Biochemistry is KK Patents LLC Senior Partner and consultant in the field of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and plant breeding. Dr Khayat received his PhD in the area of carbohydrate biochemistry and worked as a post doctoral fellow in the areas of bacterial and plant molecular genetics. Following 4 years of teaching at Rutgers University, Dr Khayat became chief scientist at a biotechnology firm. Among other activities, Dr Khayat consults to several R & D companies involved in plant derived drug development. Dr Khayat is an adjunct professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of technology, as well as at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Dr Khayat has authored over 60 research articles, book chapters, and technical reports and is co-inventor of a broad range of patents and breeders rights.
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