The ORSP Division of Technology Management was established to provide a variety of services, specifically dealing with technology transfer, to the faculty, staff and students of the University of Mississippi. Among the services our office provides are:

• Agreement management (MTA, CDA, MOU, licensing etc.)
• Intellectual property management
  • Assistance with research disclosure submission
  • Patent and literature searches for patentability assessment
  • Review of draft manuscripts for patentability prior to submission
  • Patent prosecution and maintenance
• Strategic marketing
  • Viability analysis
  • Identification of specialized markets
  • Target market reports
• Interface with corporate licensing executives
• Conflict of interest management for faculty start-ups and other MURA approved companies
• Assistance with identifying sponsored project activities that may result in patentable inventions
• Departmental seminars on technology management issues