Stephen A. Slusher
Intellectual Property -- Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Licensing, Litigation

Steve Slusher has substantial legal and practical experience in both litigation and transactional matters. He is a registered patent attorney and member of the New Mexico Bar. Slusher received his undergraduate degree from St. John's College (Santa Fe), and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Representative patents prosecuted by Mr. Slusher are listed below.

Mr. Slusher has practice both as an attorney and as an entrepreneur. Prior to joining Peacock Myers, P.C., he was principal of Slusher/Associates LLC, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, providing services primarily to high technology and development-stage companies in areas including corporate finance, securities law compliance and intellectual property.

He served as in-house counsel of Palatin Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded development-stage biotechnology company. There he participated in corporate restructuring and financing, including a merger with RhoMed Incorporated, ultimately resulting in public listing of Palatin. He was Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and co-founder of RhoMed Incorporated, a biotechnology company which developed diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine drugs. At RhoMed he was responsible for legal affairs and related functions, including intellectual property and securities law compliance, and corporate development.

Previously he served as a Deputy District Attorney in Albuquerque from 1980 to 1986, supervising the Administrative Support Division, the Services Division, the Special Prosecutions Section, and the Economic Crimes Division.

• 6,468,785 Doped conducting polymers applications and methods
• 6,429,930 Determination of center of focus by diffraction signature analysis
• 6,342,591 Amphipathic coating for modulating cellular adhesion composition and methods
• 6,252,131 Transgenic mammal having 5-HT3 transgene overexpression in the CNS
• 6,197,497 Immunoassay for herpes simplex virus
• 6,113,599 Apparatus for internal mandibular distraction
• 6,027,711 Structurally determined metallo-constructs and applications