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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
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
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
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
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
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