SPECIAL NOTICE
52 -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY : Composition Pulse Time-of-Flight Mass Flow Sensor
- Notice Date
- 4/10/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541711
— Research and Development in Biotechnology
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Sandia Corp. (DOE Contractor), Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, MS: 0115, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185
- ZIP Code
- 87185
- Solicitation Number
- 13_384
- Archive Date
- 5/25/2013
- Point of Contact
- Jill Micheau, Phone: 925.294.3672
- E-Mail Address
-
jmmiche@sandia.gov
(jmmiche@sandia.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sandia National Laboratories, a government-owned/contractor-operated entity, is seeking one or more business partners interested in licensing this technology. Sandia is seeking a company or companies to commercialize the technology described in this posting under a license. Qualified, successful respondent(s) will have the opportunity to negotiate a license to the intellectual properties for reasonable consideration to Sandia (Patents # 6,675,660, issued 1/13/2004, and CIP 7,225,683, issued 6/5/2007, both titled "Composition Pulse Time-of-Flight Mass Flow Sensor." Inventors: Bruce Mosier, Robert Crocker, Cindy Harnett, Pamela Caton, and James Stamps). The patents can be viewed at the USPTO website: http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6675660 and http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=7225683. This technology is also described in the technical literature. (ref 1) It is expected that the company/companies that work with Sandia to commercialize the technology under a license will incorporate it into a commercial product. License terms may include field-of-use restrictions and performance milestones. Description: Sandia National Laboratories has developed a novel mass flow sensor device for measuring a wide range of fluid flow rates over a pressure range exceeding 10,000 psi. The invention is particularly adapted for use in microfluidic systems, which are being developed and used in applications as diverse as in vitro diagnostics, sensors and detectors, biosecurity, biochemical research, and drug discovery. The device operates by electrochemically producing compositional variations in a fluid (pulses), that are subsequently detected downstream from the point of creation to derive a flow rate. Measurements of the conductivity or pH of the fluid can be used to detect the arrival time of the pulses, from which the fluid flow rate can be determined. Potential licensees must provide Sandia information describing their ability to research, design, develop, distribute, and market the Mass Flow Sensor technology, either on its own or as part of a larger system. To express interest in this opportunity, please respond by e-mail to Jill Micheau at Sandia National Laboratories, jmmiche@sandia.gov, phone: 925.294.3672. Please indicate the date and title of this FBO notice. Please include your company's contact information as well as a description of the fields of use that interest you and how you intend to commercialize the technology. Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. Harnett, C. K., Mosier, B. P., Caton, P. F., Wiedenman, B., and Crocker, R. W. (2003) Conductivity pulse time-of-flight flow sensor for sub-microliter/minute flow rates Proceedings of Seventh International Conference on Micro Total Analysis Systems 1: Pages 139-142 (http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/~microtas/Volume1/035-106.pdf)
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