TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Passive RFID Tag with Long Range and Wide Coverage Capabilities (MSC-TOPS-51)

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: Researchers at the NASA Johnson Space Center have been working on methods to improve logistics, inventory management and low-power sensing for the International Space Station and for Human Space Flight Exploration beyond low Earth orbit. They have created a suite of RFID technologies focused in this area, and one of those technologies is the RFID Tag with Long Range and Wide Coverage Capabilities. This technology is a RFID Tag with a beamforming network capable of receiving and sending long range signals from different directions. Typical RFID tags offer either wide coverage with limited range or long range with narrow coverage. However, this technology, which can even employ passive RFID tags, is capable of doing both, opening the RFID technology to a new spectrum of applications, including inventory tracking, navigational systems, and predictive analytics. With its dual benefits of long range and broad coverage made available by retroreflection, this RFID tag can easily enhance existing systems and enable new applications in many industries. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA's Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/MSC-TOPS-51 If you have any questions, please contact NASA Johnson Space Center's Technology Transfer Office at [email protected] with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this FBO notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA's Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice .