{"id":48,"date":"2023-04-17T22:20:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T22:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2024-12-17T22:56:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:56:16","slug":"disclosing-your-inventions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/disclosing-your-inventions\/","title":{"rendered":"Disclosing your inventions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list on-this-page\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/disclosing-your-inventions\/#recognize\" title=\"Commercial potential and invention submission\">Commercial potential and invention submission<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/disclosing-your-inventions\/#how\" title=\"Submit invention disclosure\">Submit invention disclosure<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/disclosing-your-inventions\/#have\" title=\"Getting started\">Getting started<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/disclosing-your-inventions\/#links\" title=\"Additional resources for inventors\">Additional resources for inventors<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-4620\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-4620<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:nauinnovations@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> nauinnovations&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\">Research<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Disclosing your inventions<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<p>Northern Arizona University encourages its faculty, staff, and students to&nbsp;create and disseminate new knowledge. In the course of conducting research, investigators often make discoveries such as new materials, devices, processes, plant varieties, and other tangible and intangible intellectual property\u2014some of which may have potential commercial value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important that these&nbsp;discoveries are developed, protected, managed, and disseminated to the benefit of the university, inventor(s), the state of Arizona, and society at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"recognize\"><strong>Recognizing commercial potential and submitting an invention disclosure<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step in this process is&nbsp;recognizing that you may have made a discovery&nbsp;that may have a commercial application\u2014that is, you could envision the invention being bought and sold to solve a specific problem or need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next step is to disclose the discovery, or invention, to NAU Innovations.&nbsp;We encourage you to disclose&nbsp;based on your discovery having a potential commercial application\u2014even if you\u2019re uncertain about how such an application could be commercialized or, more importantly,&nbsp;even if you don\u2019t think that the discovery is patentable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intellectual property can be commercialized without being patented; furthermore, many discoveries originally thought to be unpatentable are, in fact, eventually patented. At NAU Innovations, we let the patent examiners decide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how\"><strong>How to submit your invention disclosure<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can disclose your invention in one of two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><section         class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-gold \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n                        <p>By using the secure <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.inteum.com\/nau\/inventorportal\"><u>inventor portal<\/u><\/a> to submit your disclosure. Read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/inventor-portal-instructions\/\"><u>inventor portal instructions<\/u><\/a>\u00a0to get started.<\/p>\n\n    \n\n<\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><section         class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-twilight \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n                        <p>By working with NAU Innovations to complete and submit an invention disclosure.<\/p>\n\n    \n\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you submit your invention disclosure, NAU Innovations will review it, determine ownership, and contact you to learn more about the project and discuss patentability, commercial potential, and possible markets. We suggest disclosing your idea as soon as possible, as the first person to file your discovery at the Patent Office will receive the patent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"have\">Getting started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if your invention is only an idea, contact NAU Innovations and we will meet with you to learn more about it. You can also email our office a written description of your idea, and we can help with the invention disclosure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details to include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>description of the idea and applicable field<\/li><li>potential product to be developed<\/li><li>novel characteristics of the idea<\/li><li>the problem(s) this idea solves<\/li><li>any information on existing products<\/li><li>potential fields of application<\/li><li>past public disclosures of the idea<\/li><li>stage of development (concept, proof of concept, reduction to practice, prototype, beta tested)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<section id=\"links\"        class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-true-blue \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n                        <ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/public.powerdms.com\/ABOR\/documents\/1499354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Intellectual property policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/inventor-portal-instructions\/\">Submit an invention disclosure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/agreement-templates\/\">Agreement templates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/travel-fund-grants\/\">NAU Innovations travel fund<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-bottom-bound\">\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":2093,"parent":40,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6460,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/6460"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}