Campus Highlights: UC Riverside

Campus Notes:

• Inventions disclosed by UCR investigators increased by one-third in FY97. This was not yet reflected in new patent filings, which decreased slightly. The execution of several new plant licenses was largely responsible for the 50% increase in licensing activity.

• Nearly 40% of total income in FY97 was generated by Phosphorus Plant Fertilizer, which earned $210,000. Plant varieties currently represent one-fifth of active inventions but more than half of total income. The two top earning plant inventions in FY97 were Oroblanco Grapefruit ($110,000) and El Toro Zoysiagrass ($78,000).

• Net legal expenses grew due to increased expenditures for foreign filing activity and a lag in licensee reimbursements for some of these expenses. In addition, litigation expenses were incurred for a recently declared patent interference related to the BT Insecticides invention.

• The $70,000 increased in inventor share payments from FY96 to FY97 reflected a $156,000 increase in income from FY95 to FY96. The $41,000 decrease in the State share assessment was attributable to the fact that income decreased and both net direct expenses and inventor share payments increased.

• A combination of all the above factors resulted in the campus moving from a net income position in FY96 to a net loss position in FY97.

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