# Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing
**AGENCY:**
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice of availability of inventions for licensing.
**SUMMARY:**
The inventions listed below assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark office, and are available for licensing.
**DATE:**
May 30, 2006.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Edward K. Fein, Patent Counsel, Johnson Space Center, Mail Code AL, Houston, TX 77058-8452; telephone (281) 483-4871; fax (281) 483-6936.
NASA Case No. MSC-23997-1: Magnetic Capture Docking Mechanism;
NASA Case No. MSC-23154-2: A Real-Time, High Frequency QRS Electrocardiograph;
NASA Case No. MSC-23954-1: Self-Advancing Step-Tap Tool;
NASA Case No. MSC-23623-1: String Resistance Detector;
NASA Case No. MSC-23876-1: Low Friction High Stiffness Joint for Sensing System;
NASA Case No. MSC-23931-1: New Methodology To Characterize Photochemically-Deposited Contaminant Films on Spacecraft Optical Systems.
Dated: May 23, 2006.
Keith T. Sefton,
Deputy General Counsel, Administration and Management.