 In 2013 with $ 955 million Texas A & M ranked in the top three universities for research expenditures ; third behind only MIT and UC Berkeley . In 2004 , Texas A & M System faculty and research submitted 121 new inventions and established 78 new royalty @-@ bearing licensing agreements ; the innovations resulted in income of $ 8 million . The Texas A & M Technology Licensing Office filed for 88 patents for protection of intellectual property in 2004 . 
