Number of APIs: 1
Patents, Software, and Tech Transfer Reports NASA's Technology Transfer Program ensures that innovations developed for
exploration and discovery are broadly available to the public. The NASA patent portfolio is available to benefit US
citizens. Through partnerships and licensing agreements with industry, these patents ensure that NASA’s
investments in pioneering research find secondary uses that benefit the economy, create jobs, and improve quality of
life. This endpoint provides structured, searchable developer access to NASA’s patents, software, and technology
spinoff descriptions that have been curated to support technology transfer. More information can be found at technology.nasa.gov and software.nasa.gov and spinoff.nasa.gov.
TechTransfer
HTTP Request
GET https://api.nasa.gov/techtransfer
Query Parameters
Parameter
Type
Default
Description
patent
string
None
Return a JSON of patents that match the string provided
patent_issued
string
None
Returns patent results in a
JSON that match the string within the information about how issued each patent
software
string
None
Returns JSON of NASA software that matches given string.
Spinoff
string
None
Returns spinoff examples that match given word.
Example query
https://api.nasa.gov/techtransfer/patent/?engine&api_key=DEMO_KEY
GET https://api.nasa.gov/techtransfer/patent/?engine&patent&patent_issued&software&Spinoff