25 -- Intellectual Property Portfolio of Airbag Designs

Sandia National Laboratories has developed an intellectual property (IP) portfolio of airbag designs. The portfolio includes the following patents and patent applications: • “Attachment Hardware for Non-Traditional Airbag Designs” US Patents 5,687,986 & 5,845,928; • “Folding Techniques for Light-Weight Airbags” US Patent 5,823,567; • “Airbag With Non-Circular Vent Hole” (numerous international patents and patents pending); • “Airbag Device Having an Inner Flexible Heat Shield and Flow Direction Bag” (US and numerous international patents and patents pending); • “Structurally Efficient Airbag Design for Use as a Passive Restraint” US patents 5,482,317; 5,533,755; and 5,607,182; plus numerous international patents and patents pending; and, • “Fabric with Balanced Modulus and Unbalanced Construction” US and international patents and patents pending Sandia is seeking partnerships with industry for commercialization of this technology which may include commercial licensing opportunities. Assuming commercial licensing opportunities are pursued; licensees would have the opportunity to request, up to and including, an exclusive license to Sandia’s IP in a pre-negotiated, defined field of use for reasonable compensation. For further information, please respond by email or fax to Colleen Kearney within 30 days of this announcement at: Sandia National Laboratories, MS 1380, P. O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-1380. [email protected] or Fax: (505) 844-8011. Please indicate the date, number and title of this FBO notice and the type of partnering agreements your company would be most interested in entering into.