Inventor Resources
Inspired to discover the “Everyday Edison” in you? Find a local inventor group in your area and get involved today!
Edison Nation
See your ideas on store shelves! Present your ideas to companies who are actively seeking innovation and learn more about the invention process from industry experts.
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
A comprehensive website where you can learn more about patents and the patenting process, or see if your idea has already been patented.
National Inventor Organizations
United States
United Inventors Association of the USA
National Congress of Inventor Organizations (NCIO)
Australia
Inventors Association of Australia (VIC) INC
United Kingdom
East London Inventors Club
Croydon Round Table of Inventors
Regional Resources
Northeast
Connecticut
Inventors Association of Connecticut
Connecticut Invention Convention
Maine
Portland Inventors Forum – Dept Industrial Co-op/Univ of Maine
Massachusetts
Innovators Resource Network (meets in Springfield, Mass.)
Inventors Association of New England
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
New York
Inventors Society of Western New York
Vermont
Invent Vermont (Woodbury)
Mid-Atlantic
D.C.
Inventors Network of the Capital Area
Delaware
Early Stage East (Wilmington)
Maryland
Inventors Network of the Capital Area
New Jersey
National Society of Inventors (Union)
United Inventors Association of the USA
New Jersey Entrepreneurs Forum (Westfield)
Pennsylvania
American Society of Inventors (Philadelphia)
Pennsylvania Inventors Association (Erie)
Southeast
Florida
Edison Inventors Association
Inventors Society of South Florida
Tampa Bay Inventors’ Council
Georgia
Inventor Association of Georgia, Inc.
Kentucky
Inventors’ Association of Middle Tennessee and South Kentucky
Mississippi
Mississippi SBDC Inventor Assistance (University)
North Carolina
Inventors Network of the Carolinas
South Carolina
Inventors Network of the Carolinas
Tennessee
Inventors’ Association of Middle Tennessee and South Kentucky
Tennessee Inventors Association (East Tennessee)
Midwest
Illinois
Chicago 1st Black Inventors/Entrepreneurs Organization
Iowa
Iowa Inventors Group
Kansas
Inventors Association of So. Central Kansas
Mid-America Inventors Association (Kansas City)
Inventors Club of KC
Michigan
The Entrepreneur Network
InventorEd, Inc
Muskegon Inventors Network
Mid-Michigan Inventors Group
Grand Rapids Inventors Group
Minnesota
Inventors’ Network (Mpls./St. Paul)
Minnesota Inventors Congress (Redwood Falls)
Missouri
Mid-America Inventors Association (Kansas City)
North Dakota
North Plains Inventors Congress
Ohio
Inventor’s Council of Cincinnati
Inventors Connection of Greater Cleveland
Inventors Council of Dayton
Youngstown-Warren Inventors Association
Southwest
Arizona
Inventors Association of Arizona
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Inventors Congress
Texas
Amarillo Inventors’ Association
Austin Inventors and Entrepreneurs Association (AIEA)
Houston Inventors Association
Invent Texas!
TASA I&E SIG (San Antonio)
West
California
Inventors Alliance (Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles)
Inventors Alliance of Northern California
Inventors Forum (Huntington Beach)
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Inventors Association
Nevada
Nevada Inventors Association (Reno)
Oregon
Portland Inventors Group
South Coast Inventors Group
Micro-Enterprise Inventor’s Program of Oregon
