TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: SansEC Spectroscopy (LAR-TOPS-192)
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONNATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONNASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTERHAMPTON, VA, 23681, USA

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    Special Notice: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION is seeking inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture, and market the SansEC Spectroscopy technology. This technology combines the SansEC circuit with a magnetic field reader to detect magnetic or electric field changes and produce a spectroscopy readout. It has applications in various fields such as medical oncology screenings, surface measurements of aeronautic skins, and bore hole geological spectroscopy. Interested parties can submit a license application through NASA's Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS). For more information, visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal. No follow-on procurement is expected from this notice.

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    Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov
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