Innovation Portal

The Innovation Portal, launched in 2015, enables Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers, division support staff and leaders to view the status of invention disclosures, intellectual property, and agreements handled by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). The Innovation Portal is the centerpiece of IPO’s consistent, paperless, and transparent process for handling LBNL intellectual property and related agreements.

To learn more about using the Innovation Portal, consult the documents and e-learning modules on this page. Contact iportal@lbl.gov for general questions and assistance with the portal.

All invention and software disclosures must be submitted through the Innovation Portal. If you have trouble completing the disclosure form, contact iportal@lbl.gov.

All requests for non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and material transfer agreements (MTAs) must be submitted through the Innovation Portal. Contact Amanda Espiritu, AEspiritu@lbl.gov, with questions regarding NDA and MTA requests.

To access the Innovation Portal:

• Log in using your LDAP
• See training materials below to set up your personal Innovation Portal home page and get started
• The Innovation Portal is an internal resource for LBNL staff only. If you are seeking technologies available for license or collaborative research, go here.

 

TRAINING MATERIALS

Introduction to the Innovation Portal

• Portal Access
•  eLearning: How to Use the Innovation Portal:
  • for Flash-enabled browsers
  • for other browsers
• How to Customize Your Innovation Portal Homepage (PDF)
• e-learning: How to Customize Your Innovation Portal Homepage:
  • for Flash-enabled browsers
  • for other browsers
• Innovation Portal FAQs
• Glossary
• Researcher’s Guide to Technology Transfer (2017 Revision)
• Contact iportal@lbl.gov for general questions and assistance with the iportal. Contact roi@lbl.govwith questions regarding online invention and software disclosures.

Online ROI and Software Disclosure

Report of Invention (ROI)

• eLearning: How to submit an online Report of Invention (ROI):
  • for Flash-enabled browsers
  • for other browsers
• Online ROI Submission checklist (PDF)
• Contributors list (DOC)
• Online ROI process flow chart (PDF)

Software Disclosure

• eLearning: How to submit an online Software Disclosures:
  • for Flash-enabled browsers
  • for other browsers
• Software Disclosure Example (pdf)
• Online Software Disclosure checklist (PDF)
• Developers to the Disclosure (DOC)
• Third Party Software Worksheet (DOC)
• Online Software Disclosure process flow chart (PDF)
• Contact iportal@lbl.gov for general questions and assistance with the iportal. Contact roi@lbl.govwith questions regarding online invention and software disclosures.

Online Requests for NDAs and MTAs

• MTA-Out Worksheet (DOC)
• eLearning: How to Request NDAs and MTAs using the Innovation Portal
• NDA/MTA Webinar Slides (PDF)
• NDA/MTA Online Submission FAQs (PDF) (updated May 2016)

Portal Access

Access levels have been pre-set based on users’ roles. Following are Innovation Portal permission levels established by IPO:

• Inventors can see records of their own inventions, intellectual property, and agreements (licenses, options, nondisclosure agreements, material transfer agreements).
• Division Administrators and Division Leaders can view all records for the division.
• Organization Leaders can view all Berkeley Lab invention, intellectual property, and agreement records. This group includes Lab leadership (Directorate) and other upper management.