Welcome to the LinkedIn Inventor Portal

We’re always looking for ways to make the idea submission process easier, but especially during this rollout, if you have a suggestion or find a bug, please send an email to invportalfeedback@microsoft.com. Thanks!

Microsoft is now using Anaqua as its preferred patent services provider so please take a few moments to learn how to navigate this site. At the top of this page you will see the following headings.

Submit Idea: Choose this when you’re ready to start drafting an idea submission. Provide a title for the idea, add your co-inventors, answer a few questions about the idea, and submit the idea when it is ready for review by the patent team.

My Ideas: This link will load a table showing the ideas you have begun to draft. This page also links to a table of “Submitted” ideas that shows you the status of ideas you have submitted.

Patent Tools & Links: Go here to find more information about the patent process, find your patent contacts, learn about patent rewards, provide feedback, and contact technical support.