Inventor Associations and Forums
Australia:
AusInvent
promote innovation and stimulate the development
of new products and business expansion
Australia:
InnoMart
Australian inventors market place for the promotion
and commercialisation of new product and intellectual property developments
Australia:
Inventors'
Association of Australia
Australia:
Inventors' Association
of Australia in Queensland
Australia:
Inventors' Association
of Australia NSW
Australia:
Inventors' Association
of Australia (Victorian Branch)
Australia:
Inventor's Association
of Australia (SA)
Australia:
Inventors' Association
of Western Australia
Australia: ShopAustralia
Australian
Inventions looking for distributors
Austria:
erfinder.AT
the platform for inventor's concerns in German
Belgium:
Brussels Eureka
Chambre Belge des Inventeurs
Brazil:
National Association of
Inventors [Associação Nacional dos Inventores]
Canada:
Association des inventeurs
du Québec association of Quebec
inventors (in French)
Canada-British Columbia-Vancouver:
B.C. Inventors Society
Canada-Ontario:
Inventors
Association (Ottawa)
Canada-Ontario-Ottawa:
Inventors Resource
Centre
Canada-Quebec:
Inventeurs.com
(in French)
Canada-Quebec:
Invention Quebec non-profit organization
assisting Quebec inventors
Canada-Quebec:
Monde des inventions québécoises
world of Quebec inventions
(in French)
Canada:
Women Inventors Project
Canadian Innovation Centre
invention evaluation, technology due diligence,
market research, and education programs
Danish Inventors Association
[Dansk Forening til Fremme af Opfindelser]
(in Danish)
Finland:
Foundation for Finnish Inventions
supports and helps private individuals and
entrepreneurs to develop and exploit invention proposals
France:
Azur Innovation objective is to
encourage industrial and commercial development of inventions, innovations
and other novelties and accelerate their marketing
France:
Fédération Nationale des Associations Françaises d'Inventeurs
national federation of French inventors'
assocations
France:
Invention
Innovation Communication main goal
is to create contacts between inventors and industrial partners,
bankers and businessmen
France:
Transtech
Aquitaine Aide aux inventeurs,
artisans et Très Petites Entreprises dans la démarche de propriété
industrielle (in
French)
France:
Virtual Exhibition
of Inventions & Technologies [Salon Virtuel des Inventions &
Technologies]
Germany:
Bayern-Innovativ
Bavaria-innovative, links to Bavarian organizations
of interest to inventors
(in German)
Germany:
Deutschland Innovativ
organisation to provide information to strengthen
innovation potentials of enterprises
Germany:
Die
Lizenzdatenbank RALF The License
Databank "RALF" run by the German Patent Office
(in German)
Germany:
Erfinderclub Paderborn e.V. Paderborn
inventors' club (in German)
Germany:
Erfinderclub
Schleswig-Holstein e.V. Schleswig-Holstein
inventors' club (in German)
Germany:
Erfinder-Forum
inventor's forum
(in German)
Germany:
Erfindermarkt
Inventor's market - inventor's forum
(in German)
Germany:
Erfindervereine und Erfinderverbände
off-line directory of inventors' association in
Germany, Switzerland and Austria from Patent-Net
Germany:
Fraunhofer-Patentstelle
für die Deutsche Forschung patent
organization for German research - patent and marketing support
for inventors
Germany:
Gesellschaft für außergewöhnliche
Ideen Society for extraordinary
ideas (in German)
Germany:
InnoMedia Erfinder-Stammtisch -
Inventor's Forum (in German)
Germany:
Innovationen und Erfindungen
exchange for innovations and inventions in
the medical field from Medical Engineering Rycyk
(in German)
Germany:
Innovation
Market information on promising
innovative projects
Germany:
Innovationskreis Emsland e.V. organisation
to support enterprises and people in their effort to bring innovative
ideas to market (in German)
Germany:
Patent-Net
patent and invention information site
(in German)
Germany:
Patent- und Inovations-Centrum Bielefeld
e.V. inventor's reporting service
(in German)
Germany:
Tatenbank
databank for the exchange of environmentally-friendly
ideas and inventions (in
German)
Germany:
VDE-Erfinder-Pool inventor's forum
Germany:
Verband Innovativer
Unternehmen e.V. association of
innovative firms including innovation buy/sell exchange
(in German)
Hong Kong Inventors Association
Ltd.
Hungary:
Association of Hungarian
Inventors [Magyar Feltalálók Egyesülete]
International Federation
of Inventors' Associations
Japan Institute of Invention and
Innovation (in Japanese)
Korea Invention Promotion Association
(in Korean)
Malaysia Invention
and Design Society
Netherlands:
Dutch
Association of Inventors [Nederlandse Orde van Uitvinders]
Netherlands:
InnovatieCentrum voor
Uitvindingen en ID-NL Patents & Licensing B.V.
(in Dutch)
Netherlands:
Innovationcentre
Wageningen and Carrefour Wageningen
supports entrepreneurs and organisations in the
agricultural sector and rural areas
Norway:
Idéforum Trøndelag
Trondelag idea forum
(in Norwegian)
Norway:
Kreativt Forum Østfold
Ostfold creativity forum
(in Norwegian)
Norway:
Norsk Oppfinnerforening
Norwegian inventors' association
(in Norwegian)
Norway:
Oppfinnerforeningen i
Hordaland inventors' association
in Hordaland (Bergen)
(in Norwegian)
Norway:
Oppfinnermagasinetinventor's
magazine (in Norwegian)
Norway:
Oslo-Akershus Oppfinnerforening
Oslo-Akershus inventors' association
(in Norwegian)
Norway:
Rogaland Oppfinnerforening
Rogaland inventors' association
(in Norwegian)
Norway:
Sunnhordland Idé-
og Oppfinnarforening Sunnhordland
idea and inventors' association
(in Norwegian)
Norway:
Troms Oppfinnerforening
Troms inventors' association
(in Norwegian)
Norway:
Vestfold Produktutviklerforening
Vestfold product developers' association
(in Norwegian)
Polish Union
of Associations of Inventors and Rationalizators [Polski Zwiazek
Stowarzyszen Wynalazcowi Racjonalizatorow]
Russia:
All-Russian Society of
Inventors and Streamliners (in Russian)
Singapore: National
Science and Technology Board,
Support & Services Technology Incubator
Program, Technology Development Fund, Innovator Assistance Scheme
Slovakia:
Association of
Slovak Scientific and Technological Societies
Spain:
Cámara de Inventores
de España Chamber of Spanish Inventors
(in Spanish)
Spain:
Club de
Inventores Españoles Spanish inventors'
club (in Spanish)
Sweden:
Stiftelsen Innovationscentrum
Stiftelsen innovation centre
(in Swedish)
Sweden:
Svenska Uppfinnarföreningen
Swedish inventors' association
Sweden:
Uppfinnar Centrum Skåne
Inventors' centre in Skane
(in Swedish)
Sweden:
Young Inventors Network
Switzerland:
Fédération Mondiale des Fondations
pour la Promotion des Inventions, des Arts et des Technologies nouvelles
(in French)
Switzerland:
idee.ch
inventor's forum
Switzerland:
Innonet
Innovations on Internet
Switzerland:
International Exhibition
of Inventions, New Techniques and Products
Switzerland:
Invention Romande
swiss inventors' association
(in French)
Switzerland:
Opalys® Patents
organisation putting patent holders together
with backers, licencees including list of inventions
Switzerland:
Site Invente
inventors' bulletin board
(in French)
UK:
Euerka Club
service for inventors site; inventors list
invention seeking distributors, licencees
UK:
Institute of Inventors Non Profit
Voluntary Inventor's Club run by Engineer Inventors
UK:
Institute of Patentees and Inventors
US:
4-Tomorrow invention bulletin board
US-Alaka:
InventorNet
site of the Alaska Inventors & Entrepreneurs
Association
US:
Alliance for American Innovation
US-Arizona:
Inventors Association of Arizona
US-California:
Inventors Alliance
of Northern California
US-California-Huntington
Beach: Inventors Forum
non profit organization for helping inventors
US-California-Santa Rosa:
Idea to Market
Network
US-California-Santa Rosa:
Inventors' Alliance
US-California:
Sunnyvale Center for Innovation,
Invention and Ideas
US-Connecticut-Danbury:
Innovators Guild
US-District of Columbia:
Inventors' Network of the
Capital Area Washington, DC-area
inventors helping each other
US-Florida:
Tampa Bay Inventors'
Council
US-Georgia:
Inventor Associates of Georgia
US:
Invention Connection
inventions in a wide variety of industries
which are available for licensing
US:
Invention Convention
US:
InventNET
The Inventors Network
US:
Inventors Union
US:
Inventors
Workshop International Education Foundation
crusader organization for inventors' rights
US:
InventorWorld
Inventors and Inventions Home For People With Ideas
US-Kansas:
Inventors’ Association
of South-Central Kansas
US-Maine:
Portland Inventor's
Forum
US-Massachusetts-Cambridge:
Inventors' Association
of New England
US-Michigan:
Inventor's Council of Mid-Michigan
US:
Minnesota Inventors Congress
non-profit resource center for inventors
devoted to the inventing community
US:
National Congress of Inventor Organizations
US:
National Inventive
Thinking Association
US-Nebraska:
Lincoln Inventors'
Association
US:
Nevada Inventor's
Association
US:
New Hampshire
Inventors Association
US:
Pennsylvania Inventors' Association
US:
Reusable Application-Specific Intellectual
Property Developers
US-Ohio:
Inventors Connection of Greater
Cleveland non-profit organization
of persons directly interested in invention and innovation
US: Oklahoma Inventors
Congress, Stillwater
Chapter
US:
Tennessee Inventors
Association
US-Texas:
Houston Inventors Association
US-Texas-Houston:
Network of American
Investors & Entrepreneurs
US:
Texas Innovation
Network mission is to establish
and operate a research, technology, and business information service
US:
United Inventors Association of
the USA mission is to provide leadership,
support, and services to inventor support groups and independent
inventors
US-Virginia:
Blue Ridge Inventors' Club
Inventor Funding Sources
--government--
Canada:
Federal Government Assistance Programs
Canada:
Industrial
Research Assistance Program
EU:
INTAS
association to preserve and promote the valuable
scientific potential of the New Independent States of the former
Soviet Union
EU:
IMT (Brite-EuRam
III) provides support to industry
& academia for collaborative research in materials, design & manufacturing
technologies
Germany:
Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung
Nordrhein-Westfalen mbH (GfW) (in German)
Malaysia:
Industry Research
And Development Grant Scheme (IGS)
Netherlands:
SenterWijzer agency of the Dutch
Ministry of Economic Affairs, managing a large number of national
subsidy programmes for R&D
Swedish Industrial Development
Fund [Industrifonden]
Swedish National Board
for Industrial and Technical Development [NUTEK Närings- och
teknikutvecklingsverket]
US: Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research
Funding Opportunities
US:
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
government-wide compendium of Federal programs,
projects which provide assistance or benefits
US: Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
Grants
and Cooperative Agreements
U.S. Civilian R & D Foundation
for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (CRDF)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR)
US: Department of Commerce,
Office of Executive Assistance Management,
Grants Management
US: Department of Commerce,
Office of Research and Technology Applications,
Small Business Innovation
Research Program (SBIR)
US: Department of Commerce,
Small Business
Innovation Research Program (SBIR)
US: Department of Defense,
Air Force Research Laboratory,
Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR)
US: Department of Defense,
Army Small
Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)
US: Department of Defense,
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
SBIR/STTR
US: Department of Defense,
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)
US: Department of
Defense, SBIR and STTR
Programs funding directly to small
companies with innovations with defense and commercial applications
US: Department of Defense,
Special Operations Acquisition and Logistics Center,
Small Business Innovation
Research Program (SBIR)
US: Department of Education,
Small Business Innovation
Research Program (SBIR)
U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Industrial Technologies,
Inventions and Innovation
Program
U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Procurement and Assistance Management,
Financial Assistance
Home Page
U.S. Department of Energy,
Small Business Innovation
Research Program (SBIR)
US: Department of
Health and Human Services,
GrantsNet
site for finding and exchanging information
about HHS and selected other Federal grant programs
US: Department of Transportation,
Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR)
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR)
US: Federal Aviation Administration,
Aviation
Research Grants
U.S.
Government Grantmaking Agencies
a directory courtesy of Cleveland State University
US:
Hawaii Small Business
Innovation Research Grant Program
US: Health Resources Services
Administration Funding
Opportunities
US: National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA),
SBIR/STTR
US: National Institute
of Standards & Technology, Measurement & Standards Laboratories,
Small Business Innovation
Research Program (SBIR)
US: National Institutes
of Health, Office of Extramural Research,
Grants
US: National Institutes
of Health, Office of Extramural Research,
Small
Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)
US:
National SBIR/STTR Conference
Center
US: National Science Foundation,
Grants and Program
Areas
US: National Science Foundation,
Small Business Innovation
Research Program (SBIR)
US:
SBIR Resource Center™
from JADE Research Corporation
US: Small Business Administration,
Financing Your Business
US: Small Business Administration,
Office of Technology,
Small Business
Innovation Research Program (SBIR)
US: Tennessee Valley Authority,
Business Incubators
US:
Who's
Who in Federal Grants Management
a directory
--non-government--
Australian Venture Capital Association
Limited
Belgian Venturing
Association
Canada-Nova-Scotia:
Division of
Research and Graduate Studies
Canadian Venture Capital Association
Danish Venture
Finance [Dansk Udviklingsfinansiering A/S]
European Private Equity and Venture
Capital Association
German Venture Capital Association
[Bundesverband deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften e.V.]
(in German)
Germany:
Erfinderzentrum Norddeutschland
help find companies to work with inventors
and to find financing
(in German)
Finnish Venture Capital Association [Suomen pääomasijoitusyhdistys
ry]
Hungarian Venture Capital
Association [Magyar Kockázati Tôke Egyesület]
Italian Venture Capital
Association [Associazione Italiana degli Investitori Istituzionali
nel Capitale di Rischio]
Korea Technology
Finance Corporation
Netherlands:
Nederlandse Vereniging van Participatiemaatschappijen
Dutch venture capital association
(in Dutch)
Sweden:
Affärsstrategerna
venture capital firm
Sweden:
ALMI Företagspartner
loans to Swedish SMEs
Sweden:
Företagskapital
venture capital firm
Sweden:
InnovationsKapital
venture capital firm
Sweden:
Ledstiernan
venture capital firm
Sweden:
Norrland Fund
[Norrlandsfonden] risk capital loans
for developement & expansion in manufacturing & service-producing
firms in Norrland
Sweden:
Swedepark
Swedish Science and Technology Parks - organization
supporting ventures within knowledge-based and high-tech businesses
Sweden:
Teknikhöjden
Stockholm Technology Park [Stockholms Teknikhöjd AB]
Sweden:
Teknopol
natural tool in southern Sweden for commercialization
of research results
Swedish Venture Capital Association
[Svenska Riskkapitalföreningen] (in Swedish)
Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance
Association
Switzerland:
Initiative
Start-ups (in German)
Thai
Venture Capital Association
UK:
British
Venture Capital Association
UK:
Pronovus East Midlands Business
Innovation Centre find & negotiate
investment & finance from business angels, venture capitalists,
banks & public grants
US:
Business
Incubator Resource Guide
US:
Arkansas Capital Corporation
Group
US-California:
GSB Venture Capital
Club
US-California:
Los Angeles Venture Association
US-California:
Northern California Venture Capital
Association
US-California:
Orange Coast Venture Group
US:
Capital Connection
The Entrepreneur's Resource for Finance
US:
Connecticut Venture Group
US:
Florida Venture Forum, Inc.
non-profit support group that provides entrepreneurial
companies with technical assistance and identifies sources of venture
capital
US-Florida:
Gold Coast Venture Capital
Club
US:
garage.com
Assistance in obtaining seed level financing
US: Georgia:
Advanced Technology Development Center
US:
Greater Philadelphia
Venture Group umbrella organization
for venture capital firms in the region
US-Hawaii:
Maui Research and
Technology Center Maui's High Tech
Business Incubator
US-Hawaii:
Manoa Innovation Center
high-tech business incubator
US:
Hawai'i Venture Capital Association
US:
Inventor Funding Sources
from Ronald J. Riley
US:
Kellogg Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Club
US:
Mid-Atlantic Venture Association
US:
National Association of Small Business
Investment Companies
US:
National Business Incubation Association
US:
National Council of University Research
Administrators administration of
sponsored programs at colleges and universities
US:
National Venture Capital Association
US-New Jersey:
Venture Association of New Jersey
US-New York:
Western New York Venture Association
US-Ohio:
Greater Cincinnati
Venture Association
US-Ohio: Medical College
of Ohio, Research and Grants
Administration
US:
Ohio Venture Association
US:
Private Equity & Venture Capital Firms
a directory from www.professionalfirms.com
US:
Texas Research Administrators
Group search engine for locating
funding opportunities from many different agencies
US: UNO Office of Research
and Sponsored Programs, Higher
Education Network of Research Information
US:
Venture Capital Online™
online community of venture capital seeking
companies, professional venture capital providers, and professional
service providers
US:
Venture
Capital Directory links directory
of venture-capital firms from dmoz open directory project
US:
Venture Capital Resource Library
links to scores of venture-capital firms
US: Venture Capital:
Resources for Entrepreneurs links
directory from dmoz open directory project
US:
Venture Innovations
Inc. develops lucrative Internet
businesses by arranging strategic partnerships and venture capital
US:
Venture-Preneurs Network
assists emerging ventures in financing, mobilizing
resources, making important contacts and finding information
US:
Western Association of Venture Capitalists
Inventor Publications
UK:
Inventors World Magazine
US:
Eagle
Forum Patent Rights news, information
and commentary
US:
EntrepreneurMag.com
US:
Idea Marketplace
A Magazine for Inventors and Entrepreneurs
US:
Inventor's Digest
magazine
US:
Inventors Network News
bi-monthly newsletter
US:
Mississippi
Innovator newsletter published
by Mississippi Small Business Development Center
US:
Online Inventor
monthly newsletter
Inventor Resource Information
Australia:
Victorian Innovation
Centre
Germany:
INSTI Project
patent info and databases, innovation management,
info about financial support, licences, patent attorneys
Germany:
Die
Lizenzdatenbank RALF The License
Databank "RALF" run by the German Patent Office
(in German)
Inventor's Checklist
from Arthur D. Little Enterprises Inc.
US: About.com
Inventors
US:
America's Inventor online edition
- tools of the trade for the independent inventor
US:
Drafting U.S.
Patent Appication Specifications to Comply with the Legal Requriements
US:
Dream Merchant Online
resource guide for inventors
US:
From Patent to Profit
from IPT Co
US:
Intellectual Property Creators
Patent Enforcement and Public Policy for
Inventors
US:
Invention and Design Learning Modules
offered by University of Virginia to promote understanding of invention
and design process
US:
Invention
City Protecting your invention
US:
Invention Dimension
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
US:
Invention Zone
latest trends regarding patents, trademarks,
copyrights and marketing
US:
Inventor
Assistance Source Directory locate
organizations that provide assistance to inventors and entrepreneurs
in .pdf format (537KB)
US:
Inventor Funding Sources
from Ronald J. Riley
US:
Inventors Assistance League
US:
Inventor's Guide
from Exceptional Products, Inc.
US:
Inventor's Mill-Shop
assistance in obtaining patents, selling
product, licensing product
US:
Inventor's Resource
from Andy Gibbs
US:
Inventorweb
Have your invention featured on its own web
page
US:
Inventure Place
internet links directory for inventors
US: Jerome and Dorothy
Lemelson
Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
US: Lemelson-MIT Prize
Program
Handbook
for Inventors
US-Maine: University of
Maine, Department of Industrial Cooperation,
Information for
Inventors
US:
MIT
Enterprise Forum network that promotes
the formation and growth of innovative companies though education
programs
US:
National Inventors
Hall of Fame
US: Oklahoma State
University,
Inventor's
Assistance Service Service helping
Inventors navigate process from idea to marketplace
US:
Patent Cafe
US:
Toy Invention SuperSite
instruction course in toy inventing
US Patent and Tradmark
Office,
Independent
Inventor Resources
US:
Wisconsin Innovation Service Center
Market and Technical Assessment Service run by University
of Wisconsin
Invention Marketing
Household Hints
for Inventors - a FAQ Invention
Promotion Firms, Advertising & Sales, Market Evaluation, Marketing
& Licensing Contracts, Protecting Yourself from DoItYourself.com
Inc.
How Does The Invention
Scam Work? from Inventors Awareness
Center
Invention Development
& Marketing Scams
Invention Marketing
Companies Are they for real?
from Brown, Pinnisi & Michaels, PC
Invention Promotion Firms brochure
from the Federal Trade Commission
Methods of Invention
Marketing Companies Excerpt from
Comments of Donald R. Dunner, Chairman, Section of Intellectual
Property Law, American Bar Association
National Inventor Fraud
Center
Red Flag Warnings
guide to verify the credibility of an invention
promotion company from Frank Pierce Law Center
Ronald J. Riley's
Invention Promoter
Caution List
US:
Ohio Revised
Code on Invention Marketing
What is an invention
development company? from Oppedahl
& Larson