Fatih Mercan is an Associate with the intellectual property department at Foley & Lardner LLP. He is based in the New York office where he is a member of the Chemical, Biotech & Pharmaceutical Practice Group. Prior to joining Foley, Fatih served as a patent agent where he drafted and prosecuted patent applications, evaluated the patentability of innovations, conducted prior art database searches for patentability and freedom to operate analyses, and analyzed patent and scientific papers and documents.