Terry Taylor

Presentation to FLC Southeast Regional Meeting

08/15/2014

Technology Transfer OfficeNASA Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Technology Transfer ProgramBringing NASA Technology Down to Earth

Agency Patent Portfolio Categorization

• Aeronautics • Health, Medicine & Biotechnology • Communications • Electrical/Electronics • Environment• Information Technology/Software • Materials and Coatings • Mechanical and Fluid Systems • Instrumentation• Optics • Power Generation and Storage • Propulsion • Robotics, Automation and Control • Sensors

• Currently organized by field center. Activity is underway to:• sort the agency’s patent portfolio by technology areas and assess TRL of each

patent• build matching marketing collateral: summary documents, marketing brochures,

website, etc. • Next initiative will be to organize by industry

Power Generationand StoragePantone* 1635

Health, Medicine, and BiotechnologyPantone* 240

Electrical/ElectronicsPantone* 7435

Robotics, Automationand ControlPantone* 5763

OpticsPantone* 390

EnvironmentPantone* 361

Materials andCoatingsPantone* 7473

SensorsPantone* 3105

Mechanical andFluid SystemsPantone* 7715

AeronauticsPantone* 284

InstrumentationPantone* 2655

PropulsionPantone* 2727

Information Technology andSoftwarePantone* 268

CommunicationsPantone* 151

ManufacturingPantone* 123

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NASA’s Patent Portfolio by Category ~1300+ Issued and Pending Patents – 7/31/2014

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New NASA Software Catalog

• Released online Wed, 4/9/2014

• 1000+ codes organized in 15 categories

• Codes available to US Citizens -at no cost

• Electronic PDF catalog updated daily as new codes are available

• Digital and Print Copies of Catalog available

• Wired Magazine article, 50+ Original Articles by various media outlets