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	NASA Sells Technology Rights to Highest Bidder At a public auction this past October, the first-ever sale of rights to government-owned patents was made. A bidder picked up an exclusive license to a group of NASA patents for signal-processing technology at the event, which was organized by intellectual property managing firm Ocean Tomo LLC. + Read the story at PhysicsToday.org >>> (link opens new browser window) + Read more about the Ocean Tomo partnership >>> + Read press release: NASA and Ocean Tomo Federal Services, LLC Sell Government Patent License >>> (link opens new browser window)

	NASA Goddard Technology Wins 2008 R&D 100 Award NASA Goddard Space Flight Center racks up a three-peat with the announcement that its Sensor Web 2.0 won an R&D 100 Award for 2008. This marks the third consecutive year that Goddard technology has been lauded at the ceremony that the Chicago Tribune dubbed the “Oscars of Invention.” + Read more >>>

	Tech Transfer Training: Something for Everyone Goddard’s IPP Office offers quarterly training classes to help civil servant and contractor personnel understand the ins and outs of technology transfer. Dates TBD — Stay Tuned + Find out more about Training + Civil servants register online* + Contractors contact Dale Hithon to register



	Goddard's Tech Transfer News Published quarterly by the Innovative Partnerships Program Office. + Current Issue + Archive

	*2008 Innovative Partnerships Program Office Accomplishments Report*

	Spinoff 2008* Spinoff is NASA's annual premier publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology. + Current Issue*

	Technology Innovation Magazine* Read about Goddard technologies, facilities, and partnerships featured in Technology Innovation magazine. + Current Issue*

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	Featured Technologies Visit our "Featured Technologies" page for details about Goddard technologies available for licensing. >>>

	Software Catalog Find Open Source software, licensable software, and freeware as well as links to software-related Web sites. >>>

	Licensing and Partnering at Goddard Find forms, links, and guidelines for licensing and partnering with Goddard Space Flight Center. >>>

	SBIR/STTR Learn more about technology development in the SBIR/STTR Programs. >>> For information contact Jim Chern at 301-286-5836



	Goddard-Developed Videos These short videos illustrate the effect Goddard's innovative technologies have on our world and our everyday lives. + Goddard: Where Dreams Become Reality + NASA and the Maryland Economy + Secure Ambulation Module (SAM) + Nanotechnology at NASA + Striking Gold



	To Space and Back Coloring Book! Hey kids, follow Space Pup's adventures and learn about how NASA technologies are used here on Earth. This coloring book also includes fun puzzles and lots of cool facts about technologies used in space. + Download NASA Goddard's technology transfer coloring book

Get the technology transfer process started by informing the IPP of your innovations through New Technology Reports (NTRs). This includes reporting and releasing software.

+ Report your new technology here (eNTRe)*
+ An overview of new technology reporting
+ What happens to your NTRs?
+ Software Release Process

Innovators will find links to forms, Web references, and other helpful information related to technology reporting and intellectual property issues.

+ Inventor Resources

Researchers are encouraged to consider whether their NASA mission work overlaps with these solicitations.
+ Other federal funding opportunities

Cathy Long
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Years at NASA: 22

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