NASA Shops Wireless Sensors Patent—Bidders Wanted by March
Published Date: 3/7/2025
Notice
Summary
NASA plans to give a special patent license to a company or group to use some cool inventions like wireless sensors and fluid measuring systems. If anyone thinks this isn’t fair or wants to compete, they have until March 24, 2025, to speak up. This could open doors for new tech and business deals, so keep an eye on the deadline!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
NASA intends to license listed patents to Volt AI
NASA intends to grant an exclusive, co-exclusive, or partially exclusive U.S. patent license to Volt AI, LLC (Conover, North Carolina) to practice the inventions claimed in U.S. Patent Nos. 7,047,807; 7,506,541; 7,255,004; 8,430,327; 8,042,739; 7,711,509; 7,814,786; 8,673,649; 9,708,075; 9,329,149; 9,733,203; 8,167,204; 10,180,341; and 10,193,228. The listed patents cover technologies such as flexible capacitive sensing, wireless fluid-level measurement, wireless chemical sensors, lightning protection/detection, and related wireless sensing systems. The notice also states the fields of use may be limited and that NASA has not made a final determination and may deny the license even if no objections are submitted.
Deadline to object or submit competing application
If you want to object to NASA granting the contemplated exclusive/co-exclusive/partially exclusive license or submit a competing application, you must submit written objections or completed competing applications to NASA by March 24, 2025. Objections will not be made available for public inspection and, to the extent permitted by law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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