Intellectual Property Portfolio
Mississippi State University's intellectual property portfolio currently holds more than 250 active technologies, including:
- 268 Total Patents & Protections
- 4 Plant Variety Protection (PVP) certificates
- 16 Trademarks ® and Service Marks registered
- 25 Copyrights © registered
The portfolio primarily consists of forestry, engineering, and agricultural related inventions reflecting the university's land grant heritage. Other technologies are based on physical and life science, as well as veterinary medicine inventions. Additionally, the IP portfolio includes software with application in the energy, geospatial, biotechnology and automotive industries.
MSU’s Intellectual Property Historical Data - 1997 to 2023
| Agreements Effective | Agreements Signed | Patents Issued | Patents Filed | Technologies Disclosed | Total Licenses/Options Executed* | Startups* | Total Receivable | Receivable Revenue | Royalty Income* | Total Research Expenditures* | |
| FY97 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | - | - | $ 116,883.00 | $ 37,637,200.00 |
| FY98 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 1 | $ 100,000.00 | $ 100,000.00 | $ 169,958.00 | $ 47,712,143.00 |
| FY99 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 21 | - | - | $ 75,000.00 | $ 75,000.00 | - | - |
| FY00 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 1 | - | $ 50,000.00 | $ 50,000.00 | $ 176,212.00 | $ 109,991,105.00 |
| FY01 | 33 | 34 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 3 | $ 58,281.00 | $ 58,281.00 | $ 271,745.00 | $ 146,939,000.00 |
| FY02 | 68 | 68 | 15 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 2 | $ 41,102.00 | $ 41,102.00 | $ 324,368.00 | $ 158,652,000.00 |
| FY03 | 69 | 67 | 8 | 40 | 23 | 7 | 1 | $ 125,422.00 | $ 60,825.00 | $ 374,827.00 | $ 165,922,000.00 |
| FY04 | 67 | 67 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 3 | $ 46,608.00 | $ 26,576.00 | $ 306,222.00 | $ 191,352,000.00 |
| FY05 | 69 | 68 | 10 | 43 | 55 | 10 | 4 | $ 104,384.00 | $ 70,789.00 | $ 467,247.00 | $ 179,825,000.00 |
| FY06 | 84 | 83 | 13 | 67 | 55 | 12 | 2 | $ 98,553.00 | $ 83,662.00 | $ 476,386.00 | $ 189,917,000.00 |
| FY07 | 63 | 63 | 9 | 31 | 67 | 10 | 3 | $ 128,649.00 | $ 121,046.00 | $ 414,008.00 | $ 206,207,000.00 |
| FY08 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 36 | 39 | 1 | 4 | $ 224,845.00 | $ 190,548.00 | $ 428,362.00 | $ 210,951,000.00 |
| FY09 | 44 | 43 | 6 | 24 | 42 | 4 | - | $ 204,182.00 | $ 191,574.00 | $ 382,347.00 | $ 216,936,000.00 |
| FY10 | 82 | 72 | 11 | 42 | 41 | 12 | 1 | $ 181,897.00 | $ 152,401.00 | $ 328,080.00 | $ 231,675,000.00 |
| FY11 | 109 | 114 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 5 | $ 269,783.00 | $ 236,387.00 | $ 336,436.00 | $ 226,070,000.00 |
| FY12 | 103 | 102 | 19 | 42 | 26 | 7 | 1 | $ 209,142.00 | $ 165,391.00 | $ 255,914.00 | $ 233,197,000.00 |
| FY13 | 97 | 89 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 4 | $ 196,538.00 | $ 129,167.00 | $ 175,153.00 | $ 206,424,000.00 |
| FY14 | 114 | 111 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 19 | 1 | $ 111,349.00 | $ 98,724.00 | $ 152,689.00 | $ 209,729,000.00 |
| FY15 | 74 | 72 | 9 | 39 | 17 | - | 1 | $ 123,973.00 | $ 105,075.00 | $ 230,248.00 | $ 226,359,000.00 |
| FY16 | 66 | 64 | 8 | 39 | 26 | 5 | 2 | $ 103,445.00 | $ 80,024.00 | $ 203,762.00 | $ 239,446,000.00 |
| FY17 | 72 | 68 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 3 | $ 269,545.00 | $ 259,525.00 | $ 146,281.00 | $ 240,972,000.00 |
| FY18 | 80 | 79 | 20 | 41 | 38 | 6 | 4 | $ 182,552.00 | $ 165,447.00 | $ 196,257.00 | $ 244,101,638.00 |
| FY19 | 79 | 74 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 3 | $ 201,649.00 | $ 139,937.00 | $ 164,000.00 | $ 264,526,000.00 |
| FY20 | 97 | 91 | 8 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 3 | $ 435,590.00 | $ 342,232.00 | $ 164,000.00 | $ 264,526,000.00 |
| FY21 | 81 | 93 | 13 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 1 | $ 561,391.00 | $ 491,056.00 | $ 183,000.00 | $ 275,143,000.00 |
| FY22 | 82 | 67 | 8 | 25 | 45 | 16 | 1 | $ 325,286.00 | $ 269,286.00 | $ 199,985.00 | $ 303,418,000.00 |
| FY23 | 58 | 52 | 13 | 22 | 20 | - | - | $ 171,216.00 | $ 147,349.00 | not yet reported | not yet reported |
| Totals: | 1781 | 1730 | 268 | 847 | 797 | 207 | 55 | $ 4,600,382.00 | $ 3,851,404.00 | $ 6,644,370.00 | $ 5,027,628,086.00 |
*As reported to AUTM
Includes Provisional and Plant Variety Protection (PVP) applications.