About the archive

An independent preservation of a lost public record.

Last updated: July 12, 2026

The lineage

This site preserves records from a defense technology-transfer portal that ran under two names. The first, DoD TechMatch (v1), launched to connect federal laboratories, licensable inventions, and available technologies with industry, researchers, and the broader technology-transfer community.

Around 2015 it was succeeded by IP TechMatch (v2), operated by the Center for Innovation (CFI) under a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Partnership Intermediary Agreement, No. FA8650-10-3-9700. The underlying platform was built by VajraSoft. Over time the original portal went offline and its catalog of records effectively disappeared from the public web.

This project — the v3 rebuild — reconstructs that catalog as a searchable, citable, independent archive. It is a preservation effort, not a continuation of the original program.

How the data was recovered

The records here were recovered from public web archives — primarily the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine — using publicly accessible snapshots of the original sites (dodtechmatch.com and iptechmatch.com), with a 2019 snapshot serving as the principal source. The archived pages were parsed, normalized into a consistent schema, and re-published.

Because the source material is a historical snapshot, the archive is a point-in-time reconstruction. It does not receive live updates from any government system, and it makes no claim to reflect the current status of any laboratory, patent, technology, or program.

Provenance & trust model

Every record carries a provenance label. Most records are historical — reproduced as they appeared in the archived source, without independent confirmation. A smaller set may be marked verified, meaning specific fields have been checked against a second source. Historical does not mean inaccurate, and verified does not mean current; both labels describe the state of our knowledge, not an endorsement.

Treat records as archival references, not authoritative or up-to-date filings. For the current status of a patent or technology, consult the primary authority — for example, Google Patents or the USPTO.

Independence

This archive is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the U.S. Department of Defense, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Center for Innovation, VajraSoft, or any federal agency. Government works and third-party marks referenced in the records remain the property of their respective owners. This is an independent historical archive, restored and maintained for the public record.