Deborah A. Peacock, P.E.
Intellectual Property -- Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Licensing, Corporate

Deborah A. Peacock received her B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering (with highest honors) from the Colorado School of Mines in 1978 and her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1985. Deborah was admitted to the New Mexico Bar in 1985, the Colorado Bar in 2001, and the New York Bar in 2011. She is a Registered Patent Attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is also a registered Professional Engineer in New Mexico and Colorado. Since 1988, along with Jeffrey D. Myers, Peacock has headed the largest group of intellectual property attorneys in private practice in New Mexico.

Prior to practicing law, Deborah worked in the mining industry in the United States and Tasmania (Australia). She was employed as a metallurgical engineer and front-line foreman at several mining and metals processing facilities.

Deborah is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, Albuquerque Economic Development, and New Mexico Amigos. She is past President of the Board of Directors of Explora Science Center and Children's Museum, and is on the Boards of Explora,WESST, the New Mexico Angels, the International Women's Forum (New Mexico), and Solomon Schechter Day School. She also serves as Chair of the State of New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board and as a Regent of the New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology. Her firm has received the prestigious Ethics in Business Award and the New Mexico Bar Quality of Life Award. Deborah has also received the Governor's Award for Volunteerism, the YWCA "Women on the Move" award, and the New Mexico Business Weekly Power Broker, Who's Who in Technology, and Best of the Bar awards. Deborah has served as an Advisor to the Technology Ventures Corporation for over ten years.

Deborah is a well-known and experienced intellectual property practitioner, and has been so recognized by inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, is AV rated by Martindale-Hubble (certifications derived from national lawyer survey), and is listed in Super Lawyers.

Peacock Myers, P.C., represents major universities, Sandia National Laboratories, museums, numerous companies, venture capital groups, several Native American nations and organizations, and individuals for all phases of business (e.g., corporations, LLCs, agreements) and intellectual property work (e.g., searches, U.S. and foreign applications, licensing, interference, reexamination, reissue, appeals, and infringement litigation). Patent areas include materials science, chemical, mechanical, electrical, optics, computer, biotechnology, and environmental technologies.

Copyright and art law clients include the R. C. Gorman estate, The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, and Kabana, Inc., for copyright registration, licensing, and infringement litigation. The firm also represents numerous companies and individuals in trademark searches, trademark registrations (state and federal), trade secret, entertainment law, and related litigation.

Representative patents prosecuted include:

• 7,736,575 Method, system and apparatus for achieving level balance in an instrument
• 7,735,186 Surface cleaning vehicle
• 7,733,101 Knee probe having increased scrub motion
• 7,713,508 Thiation of carbon nanotubes and composite formation
• 7,707,884 Apparatus for measurement of absorption and displacement
• 7,703,671 Monitoring device and security system
• 7,682,813 Methane generation from waste materials
• 7,671,610 Vertical guided probe array providing sideways scrub motion
• 7,649,700 Peripheral vision helmet
• 7,644,056 System and method for providing terrorism intelligence indications and warnings
• 7,614,827 Subsurface drip irrigation installer
• 7,573,157 High-power electrical pulses using metal oxide varistors
• 7,559,378 Portable and directional electrocrushing drill
• 7,531,741 Tracking solar shelter
• 7,530,406 Method of drilling using pulsed electric drilling
• 7,527,108 Portable electrocrushing drill
• 7,485,220 Water skimmer
• 7,485,186 Clay plaster
• 7,482,591 Carbonate scale detector
• 7,469,541 Portable power system
• 7,416,032 Pulsed electric rock drilling apparatus
• 7,410,351 Chemical induced pre-stressed zones in concrete
• 7,390,984 High power liquid dielectric switch
• 7,384,009 Virtual electrode mineral particle disintegrator
• 7,377,819 Method and apparatus for improving network connection security with one or more cross-wired adapters
• 7,358,291 Nanocomposite for enhanced rectification
• 7,331,400 Fire resistant and smoke suppressing coatings
• 7,318,368 Radio frequency jammer
• 7,314,569 Treatment of arsenic-contaminated water using akaganeite adsorption
• 7,312,412 High power liquid dielectric switch
• 7,311,831 Filtration membrane and method of making same
• 7,297,268 Dual head pump driven filtration system
• 7,287,722 Rocket-powered vehicle racing competition
• 7,244,357 Pumps for filtration systems
• 7,235,270 Pain balm
• 7,225,816 Waste container cleaning system with conveyor
• 7,222,980 Jewelry exhibiting chemiluminescent properties
• 7,207,733 Photographic developer effluent transfer station and drain wash