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PostedAug 10, 2026
DeadlineAug 10, 2027
In plain English
NASA is seeking companies interested in licensing and commercializing its patented smart enclosure technology for RFID-based inventory tracking. The system improves tag-reading accuracy for small items, including items in containers or moving on conveyor belts, and may be licensed exclusively or nonexclusively. Companies must submit a license application through NASA’s ATLAS system; NASA will provide no funding, and no follow-on purchase is expected.
About this opportunity
NASA’s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: The NASA Johnson Space Center has developed a method for tracking collections of items in a smart container using radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags with a high level of read accuracy. Automating the tracking of a collection of items (particularly small items) represents a major industrial hurdle due to both tag size and…
Time remaining
Closes Aug 10, 2027
330Days
:10Hours
:59Min
:23Sec
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