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Intellectual Property Events

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UPCOMING EVENTS

No upcoming IP events are currently scheduled for 2025.  Please check back soon and keep an eye out for IP Days at your College!

RECENT EVENTS

New Mexico State University Intellectual Property Award logo featuring a lightbulb encircled by a laurel wreath.

Intellectual Property Award
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
New Mexico State Golf Course & Club House
The IP award recognizes NMSU faculty or staff who have developed intellectual property and demonstrated work to realize societal, industrial, and commercial benefits.
 
Alfalfa Variety Team
New Mexico State University representatives present a large check to the Alfalfa Variety Team for winning the Intellectual Property Award.
The Alfalfa Variety Team at New Mexico State University has been awarded the 2025 NMSU Intellectual Property Award presented by NMSU’s Arrowhead Center and the Office of Research, Creativity and Strategic Initiatives. The team consists of NMSU researchers from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Agronomy Emeritus Professor Ian Ray; Plant and Environmental Sciences Ag Research Specialist Christopher Pierce; and Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science Professor Soumaila Sanogo.
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The Alfalfa Variety Team was chosen for the work toward commercializing three alfalfa varieties. This was an extensive effort, and it extended over a long duration after the developmental research ended because of their commitment. They are the newest license in the NMSU portfolio. They licensed all three varieties to a successful and growing seed company.

Logo for "Innovate New Mexico" with the tagline "Discover The State of Innovation."

Innovate New Mexico
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 – 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Event Center at Sandia Golf Club
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Innovate New Mexico is a network among the leading technology-transfer organizations in the state. It is a “front door” to their technologies and accelerates technology commercialization, supports job creation, and contributes to economic growth through the creation and development of new companies. This united entrance to the state’s innovation ecosystem is the vision that supports making New Mexico “The State of Innovation.”
 
Path to Plate: An online marketplace making local food accessible
Path to Plate is a digital B2B marketplace built to provide local farmers and ranchers direct access to institutional, wholesale, and retail markets. The patent-pending technology streamlines the procurement and distribution of local food supply chains, allowing producers to access more profitable markets while making local food more accessible to the masses.
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Weston Medlock, Program Manager, Sr., NMSU
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Video Presentation – Coming soon!
 
Lowering the power consumption of resilient next-G communications and storage devices
This invention improves the accuracy and efficiency of data transmission and storage (e.g., 5G, WiFi, flash memories) by selectively filtering data errors during decoding, leading to better performance than existing methods without requiring extensive hardware redesign.
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David Mitchell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, NMSU
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Video Presentation – Coming soon!