Professionals
Practice Areas
- Additive Manufacturing Practice
- Chemical and Material Sciences Practice
- Energy Storage, Batteries, and Materials Practice
- Expedited Patent Examination
- Foreign & PCT Patent Filing
- Opinions
- Patents
- Pharmaceutical Patent Services
- Product Clearance
- Strategic IP Portfolio Development and Management
- Utility, Design, and Plant Patent Filing with the USPTO
Technologies
- Automotive Technology
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Energy
- Environmental Engineering
- Food Science
- Medical Devices
- Metallurgy & Ceramics
- Nanotechnology
- Polymer & Materials Science
- Semiconductor Devices & Processing Methods
Honors
- Roseman Achievement Award for Excellence in Research, Johns Hopkins University
- University of Houston Law Center Dean’s Scholarship
Admissions
- State of Michigan, 2015
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2010
- State of Georgia, (inactive), 2009
Education
University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 2009
The Johns Hopkins University, M.A., Ph.D., Bioinorganic Chemistry, 2004
University of California, Berkeley, M.S., Organic and Organometallic Chemistry, 1998
University of Michigan, B.S., Chemistry, 1995
Ian M. Wasser, Ph.D., is a registered patent attorney focused on preparing patent applications and managing their domestic and counterpart international prosecution. Ian’s patent practice spans the realms of chemical arts and material sciences. He primarily serves clients who are developing high performance specialty chemicals, electronic materials including OLEDs (including organometallic compounds, quantum dots, and related materials), semiconductors (including photolithography materials and methods for EUV technologies), secondary batteries and fuel cells (including metal and metal air battery systems), automotive materials and emission controls, and oilfield servicing materials. In addition, he has experience evaluating and designing around existing products and patents, and has experience counseling clients on matters of infringement, patentability, validity, and strategic patent portfolio management.
Experience Highlights
Counsel, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2020-present
Associate, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2016-2019
Associate, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, 2014-2016
Associate, Eversheds Sutherland LLP (formerly Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP), 2010-2014
Patent Engineer, Osha Liang, 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas – Austin, 2004-2005
Events
- March 19, 2018UConn Law School - Reading Room, Hartford, CT
Cantor Colburn is the Platinum Sponsor for the UConn Innovation Workshop & Patent Celebration on March 19, 2018 at the UConn Law Reading Room. This event will celebrate the UConn/ UConn Health Faculty innovations that have recently been issued patents from the USPTO.
Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will be a featured speaker. Michael is an Alum of the School of Engineering and the Law School. He has been an adjunct professor teaching at the Law School for more than 20 years.
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan, Intellectual Property Law Section
State Bar of Georgia, Intellectual Property Law Section
American Chemical Society
Intellectual Property Owners Association
SEMI
