More than 130 scientific patents of technologies that benefit the environment can now be viewed at the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency TechMatch website.

Under the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, government agencies may patent and license inventions, which assist new ideas from government laboratories to enter the marketplace. Entrepreneurs can view and license EPA technologies to develop new products that offer both environmental protection and economic growth.

For example, EPA's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich., has patented several inventions related to hybrid motor vehicles, that could result in greater fuel mileage in new vehicles manufactured in the U.S.

TechMatch includes third-party independent analyses of the commercial potential of the technologies, information on in-house research, and links to the full U.S. Patent and Trademark Office description of each patent. Technologies that have been assessed to have particularly high market potential are also featured.

TechMatch was developed by EPA in coordination with the West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation.

For more information, visit the TechMatch website.

3/3/2006