Ion C. Abraham, Ph.D.

Ion Abraham practices in the areas of chemistry, clean energy, electrical, mechanical and computer technologies and trademark and copyright. Since joining Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, he has prosecuted patent applications in metallurgy, ceramic components of solid oxide fuel cells, mass spectrometry systems, vacuum gauges and pumps, kidney dialysis systems and methods, computer software for modeling physical properties of pharmaceutical compounds and for modeling of biodiesel feedstock, and lithium ion battery components. He has also authored non-infringement and invalidity opinions and advised clients regarding chromatography equipment, kidney dialysis systems, and water purification and dispensing machines.  In addition, he has prosecuted trademark applications for machine parts, and drafted documents for filing in trademark opposition proceedings.

Ion has a strong research background in chemistry. As a chemist at Sandia National Laboratories he engaged in experimental research in physical chemistry, using custom-made experimental apparatus, and optical (laser and FTIR) spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy methods to develop novel chemical reaction diagnostics. He applied those diagnostics to real industrial problems in catalyst development (reaction dynamics), gas composition analysis (gas micro-sampling), and semiconductor and micro-machine manufacturing (plasma etching – oxide and deep silicon (Bosch) etching). Ion also employed Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) coupled with laser desorption and ionization in the study of the catalytic activity of zeolite clusters for an industrially important bulk chemical synthesis reaction.

Ion has done extensive research in mass spectrometry and optical spectroscopy. As a postdoctoral researcher, he collaborated with researchers from Motorola and developed novel applications for ion energy selective quadrupole mass spectrometry, cavity ringdown laser absorption spectroscopy, and optical emission spectroscopy to measure fundamental properties of halocarbon plasmas employed in silicon and silicon dioxide etching, in support of modeling and process parameter selection efforts for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The title of his doctoral thesis was “Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of Neutral Fragment Molecules and Other Species in Halocarbon Plasma Discharges.”

Ion has authored various scientific papers and co-authored over ten for international peer-reviewed journals. He has also co-authored three presentations at international conferences.

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association
• American Chemical Society
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Boston Patent Law Association
• Phi Delta Phi

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts