The innovation-driven transformation of resource-based industries cannot be separated from the upgrading of intellectual property strategies. This paper takes the Yichang phosphorus chemical industry cluster as the research object, examines the evolution of intellectual property needs in its industrial transformation, analyzes the structural shortcomings in the development of industrial intellectual property, and proposes an optimized path for the strategic transformation of intellectual property in the phosphorus chemical industry. It provides a reference intellectual property development plan for the transformation and upgrading of regional phosphorus chemical industry clusters.