terry taylor presentation to flc southeast regional meeting 08/15/2014 technology transfer office...
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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
Technology Transfer Technology Bin Icons06/14
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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