Israel Patent Attorney Exam study plan

Map the structure of the Israel Patents Law, 5727-1967 chapter by chapter, noting which sections govern grant, opposition, revocation and term.

Distinguish the roles of the Registrar, the Israel Patent Office and the courts by listing which decisions each body is competent to make under the Law.

Explain in writing how the Law treats examination, publication and the rights conferred by a granted patent, citing section numbers from memory.

Identify the statutory definitions and interpretive provisions that recur across the exam (invention, patentee, priority date, professional representative).

Apply the novelty test to short fact patterns, distinguishing anticipation from mere disclosure and handling prior use and prior publication.

Analyse inventive step using the problem-and-solution approach and articulate why a given combination would or would not be obvious.

Test industrial applicability and list the categories of subject matter excluded from patentability under the Law.

Compare novelty and inventive step outcomes on the same hypothetical to check for reasoning errors.

Draft an independent claim set for a mechanical and a pharmaceutical invention, controlling breadth against the disclosed embodiments.

Write a specification with a background, problem, embodiments and claim-supporting description that satisfies sufficiency.

Revise a deliberately overbroad claim into a defensible one and record the reasoning for each narrowing amendment.

Check unity of invention across a multi-claim draft and split or restructure where required.

Sequence the prosecution workflow from filing through examination, response to objections and grant, noting statutory time limits.

Draft a response to an office action that addresses each objection without adding matter.

Explain the grounds, timing and procedure for opposition and for post-grant revocation.

Classify which amendments are permissible at each stage and which would be refused.

Apply the Paris Convention priority rules, including the twelve-month window and the effect of a first filing.

Trace a PCT application from international filing through national phase entry before the Israel Patent Office.

State the core TRIPS obligations that shape Israeli substantive law and identify where national law departs or adds.

Resolve priority-chain problems involving multiple filings and partial priority.

Analyse infringement by mapping claim limitations onto an accused product and distinguishing literal from equivalent infringement.

Build a validity defence and list the statutory and equitable defences available to an alleged infringer.

Select remedies appropriate to a given breach and explain the basis for injunctive relief and damages.

Draft the key clauses of an assignment and a licence, covering scope, territory, royalties and termination.

Explain the eligibility conditions and calculation of a supplementary protection certificate for pharmaceutical patents.

Contrast the subject matter and term of trademarks and designs with patents and state the registration route for each.

Explain copyright subsistence and ownership in works created by employees and contractors.

Identify what qualifies as a trade secret and the steps a client must take to preserve protection.

Apply the professional ethics rules on conflicts of interest, confidentiality and client communication to short scenarios.

Describe the scope of professional privilege attaching to client communications with a patent attorney.

Map the procedural route from a Registrar decision to appeal before the courts, including time limits and scope of review.

State the rules on evidence, burden of proof and expert testimony in contested patent proceedings.

Run two full timed mock exams and score each domain separately to locate remaining weak areas.

Revisit the two lowest-scoring domains and rewrite the notes that failed you.