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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

ASIA

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

EUROPE

 

 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA).

A nongovernmental organization created by inventor associations in 1968. Its membership represents some 100 countries.

http://www.invention-ifia.ch

 

NORTH AMERICA

 

UNITED STATES

 

U.S. NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

United Inventors Association of the USA

Carol Oldenburg

P.O. Box 23447

Rochester, NY 14692

Tel: (585) 359-9310

Fax: (585) 359-1132

UIAUSA@aol.com

www.uiausa.com

 

National Congress of Inventor Organizations

Stephen Gnass

P.O. Box 931881

Los Angeles, CA 90093

Tel: (323) 878-6952

Fax: (213) 947-1079

ncio@inventionconvention.com/ncio

 

U.S. INVENTOR ORGANIZATIONS BY STATE, DISTRICT, & TERRITORY

 

ALABAMA

 

Alabama Inventors Clubs

Francisco Guerra

c/o Snowmasters

3481 County Road 93

Anderson, AL 35610

Tel: (256) 229-5551

Francisco@snowmasters.com

Mike Hubka

Tel: (256) 331-5270

hubka@nwscc.edu

 

Invent Alabama

Bruce Koppenhoefer

137 Mission Circle

Montevallo, AL 35115

Tel: (866) 745-6319

Fax: (205) 250-8013

bkoppy@hiwaay.net

 

ALASKA

 

Alaska Inventors & Entrepreneurs

Pam Middaugh

PO Box 241801

Anchorage, AK 99524-1801

Tel: (907) 563-4337 Fax: same

inventor@arctic.net

http://www.arctic.net/~inventor/

 

Inventors Institute of Alaska

Al Jorgensen

PO Box 876154

Wasilla, AK 99687

Tel: (907) 376-5114

 

ARIZONA

 

Inventors Association of Arizona

Lisa Lloyd

3335 North Manor Drive

Tucson, AZ 85750

Tel: 520-722-9545

Lisa@icaninvent.com

www.azinventors.org

 

ARKANSAS

 

Inventors Congress Inc.

Garland Bull

Rt2 - Box 1630

Dandanell, AR 72834

Tel: (501) 229-4515

 

CALIFORNIA

 

Inventors Forum

Mike Falley

PO Box 8008

Huntington Beach, CA 92615

Tel: (714) 540-2491

www.inventorsforum.org

 

Inventors Alliance

President - Andrew Krauss

PO BOX 390219

Mountain View, CA 94039

Tel: 650-964-1576

Fax: 810-483-6814

president7@InventorsAlliance.org

www.inventorsalliance.org/index.cgi?internet

 

Inventors Alliance - Sacramento

Ed Silva

(916) 224-9076

www.inventorsalliance.org

 

Inventors Forum of San Diego

Greg Lauren

11292 Poblado Road

San Diego, CA 92127

Tel: (858) 451-1028

Fax: (858) 451-6154

Enovex@aol.com

www.sdinventors.org

 

Bruce Sawyer Center

Steve Schneider

4261 Brookshire Circle

Santa Rosa, CA 95405

((707) 524-1773

sbdc1@ap.net

 

American Inventor Network

Jeff McGrew

1320 High School Rd.

Sebastopol, CA 95472

Tel: (707) 823-3865

Fax: (707) 823-0913

 

Inventors Alliance of Northern California

Jim DeLang

6514 Elmira Drive

Redding, CA 96001

Tel: (530) 241-5222

sagn@charter.net

www.inventorsnorcal.org

 

Idea to Market Network

Sidnee Cox

P.O. Box 12248, Santa Rosa, CA 95406

1-800-ITM-3210

www.ideatomarket.org

sidnee@ap.net

 

COLORADO

 

Rocky Mtn. Inventors Association

1852 S. Cole St.

Lakewood, CO 80228

Tel: (303) 670-3760(answering service)

Fax: (720) 962-5026

RMInventor@yahoo.com

www.RMInventor.org

 

CONNECTICUT

 

Christian Inventors Association

Pal Asija

7 Woonsocket Ave.

Shelton, CT 06484

Tel: (203) 924-9538

pal@ourpal.com

 

Danbury Innovators Guild

Danbury, CT

Tel: (203) 426-4205

iambest2@juno.com

 

Inventors Assn. of Connecticut

Bob Distinti, Vice President

46 Rutland Ave.

Fairfield, CT 06825

Tel: (203) 331-9696

IACT@inventus.org (John Ruhnke, Pres.)

www.inventus.org

 

DELAWARE

 

Early Stage East

3 Mill Road, Ste 201A

Wilmington, DE 19806

Tel: (302) 777-2460

info@earlystageeast.org

 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

Inventors Network of the Capital Area

Glen Kotapish, President

PO Box 5093

Baltimore, MD 21220

Tel: 410-391-7573

OR

Ray Gilbert
6501 Inwood Drive
Springfield, VA 22150
Tel: (703) 971-7443
Fax: (703) 971-9216

www.dcinventors.org

 

FLORIDA

 

Inventors Soc. of South Florida

John Fulton

Malloy & Malloy, P.A.

2800 SW Third Ave.

Miami, FL 33129

Tel: (800) 337-7239

jfulton@malloylaw.com

www.InventorsSociety.net

 

Edison Inventors Association, Inc.

Gary Nelson

P.O. Box 07398

Ft. Myers, FL 33919

Tel: (941) 267-9746

Fax: (239) 267-9746

drghn@aol.com

www.edisoninventors.org

 

Tampa Bay Inventors' Council

Jennifer Knoepp

7441 114th Avenue North, Suite 607

Largo, FL 33773-5124

Tel: (727) 548-5083

http://patent-faq.com/tbichome.htm

 

Inventors Council of Central Florida

David Flinchbaugh

4855 Big Oaks Ln.

Orlando, FL 32806-7826

Tel: (407) 859-4855

davidf@urosolutions.com

Space Coast Inventors Guild

Angel L. Pacheco, Sr.

1221 Pine Tree Dr.

Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937

Tel: (321) 773-4031

Fax: same

 

Tampa Bay Inventors Council

Jennifer Knoepp

7441 114th Avenue North, Ste 606

Largo, FL 33773-5124

Tel: (727) 548-5083

jennifer@tbic.us

www.tbic.us

 

GEORGIA

 

Inventor Assoc. of Georgia, Inc.

Ron Reardon

Tel: (770) 241-4907

rreardon@bellsouth.net

jwww.geocities.com/iaggroup

 

HAWAII

 

Hawaii-International Inventors Association, Inc.

Richard Sakoda

945 Makaiwa Street

Honolulu, HI 96816

Tel: (808) 523-5555

Fax: (808) 538-3168

sakodaesq@aol.com

 

IDAHO

 

ILLINOIS

 

Inventors' Council

Don Moyer

431 S. Dearborn #705

Chicago, IL 60605

patent@donmoyer.com

http://www.donmoyer.com

Illinois Innovators & Inventor's Club

PO Box 623

Edwardsville, IL 62025

Tel: (618) 656-7445

Invent@Charter-IL.com

 

INDIANA

 

Indiana Inventors Association

Robert Humbert

5514 So. Adams

Marion, IN 46953

Tel: (765) 674-2845

Fax: (765) 733-0579

arhumbert@bpsinet.com

 

IOWA

 

Drake University Inventure Program

Ben Swartz

SBDC-Drake University

2507 University Avenue

Des Moines, IA 50311

Tel: (515) 271-2655

 

KANSAS

 

Inventors Assoc. of So. Central Kansas

Richard Freidenberger

2302 No. Amarado St.

Wichita KS, 67205

Tel: (316) 721-1866

richard@inventkansas.com

http://www.inventkansas.com

 

Kansas Association of Inventors

Clayton Williamson

272 W. 6th St.

Hoisington, KS 67544

(316) 653-2165

clayton@hoisington.com

 

Mid-America Inventors Association

David Herron

PO Box 2778

Kansas City, KS 66110

(913) 371-7011

midamerica-inventors@kc.rr.com

www.midamerica-inventors.com

 

KENTUCKY

 

Central Kentucky Inventors Council, Inc.

Donald L. West, President

3060 Pine Ridge Road

Winchester, KY 40391

Tel: (859) 842-4110

dlwest3@yahoo.com

 

LOUISIANA
 
MAINE

 

Portland Inventors Forum--

Dept Industrial Co-op

Jake Ward

University of Maine

5717 Corbett Hall

Orono, ME 04469-5717

Tel: (207)581-1488

Fax: (207) 581-1479

jsward@maine.edu

www.umaine.edu/DIC

 

MARYLAND

 

Inventors Network of the Capital Area

Glen Kotapish, President

PO Box 5093

Baltimore, MD 21220

Tel: 410-391-7573

OR

Ray Gilbert
6501 Inwood Drive
Springfield, VA 22150
Tel: (703) 971-7443
Fax: (703) 971-9216

www.dcinventors.org

 

MASSACHUSETTS

 

Cape Cod Inventors Association

Ernest Bauer

Briar Main -- P.O. Box 143

Wellfleet, MA 02667

Tel: (508) 349-1628

cdwbauer@msn.com

 

Greater Boston Inventors Association

Inventors Association of New England

Chris Holt

P.O. Box 577

Pepperal, MA 01463

Phone: (978) 433-2397

Fax: (978) 433-3516

crholt@aol.com

www.inventne.org

 

Innovators Resource Network

(Please note that group meets in Springfield, MA)

Dave Cormier and Karyl Lynch

Pelham West Associates

P.O. Box 137

Shutesbury, MA 01072-0137

Tel: (413) 259-2006

info@IRNetwork.org

www.IRNetwork.org

 

Worcester Area Inventors

Jeff White

25 Warren Street

Upton, MA 01568

Tel: (508) 529-3552

swcei@aol.com

 

MICHIGAN

 

Inventors Association of Metropolitan Detroit

Frank Wales

749 Clairepointe Circle

St. Clair, MI 48081

unclefj@yahoo.com

 

Inventors' Council of Mid-Michigan

Tim Langan, President

Cliotech@chartermi.net

Ron Brogquist, Membership Director

ICEI@webtv.net

11403 Bray Road

Clio, MI 48420

Tel: (810) 516-8564

www.flintchamber.org

 

Inventors Club of Michigan

Carl Preston

524 Curtis Road

E. Lansing, MI 48823

Tel: (517) 332-3561

 

MINNESOTA

 

Society of Minnesota Inventors

Paul Paris

13055 Riverdale Drive

Suite 500-236

Coon Rapids, MN

Tel: (763) 753-2766

PGPENT@yahoo.com

 

Inventors' Network (Mpls./St.Paul)

Bill Baker

23 Empire Dr., Ste. 105

St. Paul, MN 55103

(651) 602-3175

www.inventorsnetwork.org

 

Minnesota Inventors Congress

Jennifer Moritz, Coordinator

PO Box 71

Redwood Falls, MN 56283-0071

Tel: (507) 637-2344

Tel: 1-800-468-3681

Fax: (507) 637-8399

mic@invent1.org

www.invent1.org

 

MISSOURI

 

Women's Inventor Project

Betty Rozier

7400 Foxmount

Hazlewood, MO 63042

 

Mid-America Inventors Association

Carl Minzes

8911 East 29th St.

Kansas City, MO 64129-1502

Tel: (816) 254-9542

Fax: (816) 221-3995

 

Inventors Association of St. Louis

Robert Scheinkman

P.O. Box 410111

St. Louis, MO 63141

(314) 432-1291

Web site

dayjobIASL@Webtv.net

http://www.communityconnection.org/resource_pages/42646.html

Fourth Thursday of the month

 

MISSISSIPPI

 

Mississippi SBDC Inventor Assistance

Bob Lantrip

B 19 Jeanette Phillips Dr.

Tel: (662) 915-5001 or

(800) 725-7232 (for use in MS only)

Fax:(662) 915-5650

blantrip@olemiss.edu

http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/mssbdc/invent.html

 

Society of Mississippi Inventors

Michele Davis

1923 Spillway Rd., #221

Brandon, MS 39047

Tel: (601) 238-2402

Fax: (601) 992-1009

http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/mssbdc/invent.html

gwe2121@bellsouth.net

 

MONTANA

 

Blue Sky Inventors

Warren George

1200 Blair Lane, Apt. #1

Billings, MT 59102

Tel: (406) 259-9110

 

Montana Inventors Assn.

Casey Emerson

5350 Love Lane

Bozeman, MT 59715

Tel: (406) 586-1541

Fax: (406) 585-9028

 

NEBRASKA

 

Roger Reyda

92 Ideal Way

Brainard, NE 68626

Tel: (402) 545-2179 Fax: Same

 

NEVADA

 

Nevada Inventors Association

Vince Chemist

PO Box 11008

Reno, NV 89510-1108

Tel: (775) 677-0123

Fax: (775) 677-1322

infor@nevadainventors.org

www.nevadainventors.org

 

Inventors Society of Southern Nevada

Penny J. Ballou

3627 Huerta Drive

Las Vegas, NV 89121

Phone/Fax: (702) 435-7741

InventSSN@aol.com

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE
 
NEW JERSEY

 

Jersey Shore Inventors Club

Bill Hincher

23 Pittenger Pond Rd.

Freehold, NJ 07728

(732) 407-8885

IdeasBiz@aol.com

 

Kean Univ. SBDC

Mira Kostak

215 North Ave. - Rm 242

Union NJ 07083

Tel: (908) 737-5950

Fax: (908) 737-5955

mkostak@cougar.kean.edu

 

National Society of Inventors

Shelia Kalisher

94 North Rockledge Dr.

Livingston, NJ 07039-1121

Tel: (973) 994-9282

Fax: (973) 535-0777

www.NationalInventors.com

http://www.nationalinventors.com/ has a list of inventor groups

 

New Jersey Entrepreneurs Forum

Jeff Milanette

P.O. Box 313

Westfield, NJ 07091-0313

JMilanette@aol.com

www.njef.org

 

NEW MEXICO

 

New Mexico Inventors Club

Albert Goodman

PO Box 30062

Albuquerque, NM 87190

Tel/Fax: (505) 266-3541

 

NEW YORK

 

The Aurora Club

Richard Guard

11880 Centerline Road

South Wales, NY 14139 (located Southeast of Buffalo)

Tel: (716) 652-4704

 

Long Island Forum for Technology, Inc.

Lisa Carter

111 West main Street

Bay Shore, NY 11706

Tel: (631) 969-3700

Fax: (631) 969-4489

LCarter@lift.org

 

NY Society of Professional Inventors

Daniel Weiss

Box 216

Farmingdale, NY 11735-9996

Tel: (516) 798-1490

Fax: (516) 799-1362

dan.weiss.PE@juno.com

 

Inventors Society of Western New York

Bob Murray

52 Manor Hill Drive.

Fairport, NY 14450

Tel: (585) 223-1225

inventnewyork@aol.com

 

Binghamton Inventors Network

Mark Pierson

Tel: (607) 648-4626

mvpierson@aol.com

 

NORTH CAROLINA

 

NORTH DAKOTA

 

OHIO

 

Inventor's Council of Cincinnati

Andrea Brady, President

121 Bradford Drive

Milford, OH 45150

Tel: (513) 831-0664

Fax: (513) 831-6328

InventorsCouncil@fuse.net

 

Inventors Connection Greater Cleveland

Bill Bazik

PO Box 360804

Strongville, OH 44136

Tel: (216)226-9681 (Cal Wight)

Fax: (440) 238-1210

icgc@usa.com

http://members.aol.com/icgc/index.htm

 

Inventors Network, Inc.

Bob Stonecypher

1275 Kinnear Rd.

Columbus, OH 43212

Tel: (614) 470-0144

13832667@msn.com

 

Inventors Council of Canton

Frank Fleischer

303 55th Street NW

No. Canton, OH 44720

(330) 499-1262

FFleischer@neo.rr.com

 

Inventors Council of Dayton

George Pierce

PO Box 611

Dayton, OH 45409

Tel: (937) 321-6580

Fax: (413) 208-9155

geopierce@earthlink.net

www.daytoninventors.com

 

Inventors Council of Greater Lorain

(Group has been disbanded. If you have this organization on your mailing list/database, please delete it)

 

Youngstown-Warren Inv. Assn.

Robert J. Herberger

rjh@mm-lawyers.com

500 City Center ONe - PO Box 500

Youngstown, OH 44501-0500

Tel: (330) 744-4481

 

OKLAHOMA

 

Oklahoma Inventors Congress

William H. Baker

PO Box 57464

Oklahoma City, OK 73157-7464

Tel: (405) 947-5782

Fax: (405) 947-6950

www.oklahomainventors.com

 

OREGON

 

So. Oregon Inventors Council

Nancy Hudson

332 W. 6th St.

SBDC@ S. Oregon State

Medford, OR 97501

Tel: (541)772-3478

Fax: (541)734-4813

 

South Coast Inventors Group

Lori Capps

2455 Maple Leaf Lane

North Bend, OR 97459

Tel: (541) 756-6866

Fax: (541) 756-5735

loribdc@uci.net

 

PENNSYLVANIA

 

American Society of Inventors

PO Box 58426

Philadelphia PA 19102-5426)

Tel: (215) 546-6601

hskillman@ddhs.com

www.asoi.org

 

Central Pennsylvania Inventors Assn.

Scott Pickford

117 N. 20th Street

Camp Hill, PA 17011

Tel: (717) 763-5742

 

Pennsylvania Inventors Assn.

Jerry T. Gorniak

2317 East 43rd St., Erie, PA 16510

Tel: (814) 825-5820

www.painventors.org

 

RHODE ISLAND
 

The Center for Design & Business

Cheryl A. Daria, Director

20 Washington Place

Providence, RI 02903

Tel: (401) 454-6108

Fax: (401) 454-6559

cfaria@risd.edu

 

SOUTH CAROLINA

Carolina Inventors Council

Marion Kobusch

108 Monarch Place

Taylors, SC 29687

Tel: (864) 268-9892

 

SOUTH DAKOTA

 

South Dakota Inventors Congress

Kent Rufer

P.O. Box 2220, SDSU-EERC

Brookings, SD 57007

Tel: (605) 688-4184

Fax: (605) 688-5880

kent_rufer@sdstate.edu

 

TENNESSEE
 

Tennessee Inventors Assn. (East Tennessee)

Anne Alexeff, President

P.O. Box 11225

Knoxville, TN 37939-1225

Tel: (865) 981-2927

ialexeff@comcast.net

http://www.uscni.com/tia

 

Inventors' Association of Middle Tennessee

and South Kentucky

Marshal Frazer

3908 Trimble Rd.

Nashville, TN 37215

Tel: (615) 665-1525

www.iamt.us

timr@dtccom.net

 

TEXAS
 

Amarillo Inventors Association

Paul Kiefer, President

7000 West 45th

Amarillo, TX 79109

Tel: (806) 352-6085

Fax: (806) 352-6264

KIEFER7000@aol.com

 

Houston Inventors Association

Ken Roddy

2916 West TC Jester #100

Houston, TX 77018

Tel: (713) 686-7676

Fax: (713) 686-7676

kenroddy@nol.net

www.inventors.org

 

Technology Advocates of San Antonio

Inventors &Entrepreneurs SIG

Mr. John Poston

10507 Auldine Drive

San Antonio, TX 78250

Tel: (210) 525-8510

Fax: (210) 525-0940

jposton@jbengineering.com

www.inventsanantonio.com

 

Texas Inventors Association

Barbara Pitts, Mary Sarao

P.O. Box 251248

Plano, TX 75025

barb@asktheinventors.com

www.asktheinventors.com

 

UTAH

 

University of Utah

Engineering Experiment Station

Janeen Bennion

1495 East 100 South, Room 138

Salt Lake City, UT 84112

(801) 581-6348

 

VERMONT

 

Inventors Network of Vermont

Dave Dionne

4 Park Street

Springfield, VT 05156

Tel: (802) 885-5100 or (802) 885-8178

comtu@turbont.net

 

Invent Vermont

Norman Etkind

PO Box 82

Woodbury, VT 05681

Tel: (802) 472-8741

www.inventvermont.com

Netkind@att.net

 

VIRGINIA