{"id":910,"date":"2026-04-24T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=910"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:43:55","slug":"inventor-portal-instructions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/innovator-resources\/disclosing-inventions\/inventor-portal-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Online invention disclosure"},"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\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\/innovator-resources\/disclosing-inventions\/inventor-portal-instructions\/#\" title=\"Submitting an online invention disclosure\">Submitting an online invention disclosure<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul><\/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:\/\/stage.in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\">NAU 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 \">Online invention disclosure<\/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        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inventor portal account information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get started with the inventor portal and take the first step in sharing your discovery. These instructions guide you through setting up your account, entering key invention details, and submitting your disclosure so it can be reviewed for patent and commercialization potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. In order to use the inventor portal, you must first request an account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1580\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Login-to-Inventor-Portal.png\" alt=\"Screen shot of the N A U inventor portal login screen. \" class=\"wp-image-1205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Login-to-Inventor-Portal.png 1580w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Login-to-Inventor-Portal-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Login-to-Inventor-Portal-1024x493.png 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Login-to-Inventor-Portal-768x369.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Login-to-Inventor-Portal-1536x739.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1580px) 100vw, 1580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2.&nbsp;Once your request for an account has been approved, you will be able to log in. To submit a new invention disclosure, select the \u201cadd new disclosure\u201d tab on the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1716\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Inventor-portal-dashboard.png\" alt=\"Snapshot of the N A U inventor portal dashboard. \" class=\"wp-image-1204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Inventor-portal-dashboard.png 1716w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Inventor-portal-dashboard-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Inventor-portal-dashboard-1024x482.png 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Inventor-portal-dashboard-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Inventor-portal-dashboard-1536x723.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1716px) 100vw, 1716px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.&nbsp;Enter a descriptive title for the invention. Then select \u201cnew invention disclosure\u201d and click \u201ccreate new disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Inventor-portal-new-disclosure.png\" alt=\"Screen shot of the inventor portal new disclosure agreement. \" class=\"wp-image-1207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Inventor-portal-new-disclosure.png 1100w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Inventor-portal-new-disclosure-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Inventor-portal-new-disclosure-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/05\/Inventor-portal-new-disclosure-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<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><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note that you should have the following information when preparing to submit an invention disclosure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A descriptive title<\/li>\n<li>A concise description of the invention<\/li>\n<li>The name and e-mail addresses of all individuals who may be co-inventors<\/li>\n<li>Information for any intramural or extramural funding that funded the development of the invention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\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":105,"featured_media":1210,"parent":875,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-910","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/910","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\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5648,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/910\/revisions\/5648"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}