F.
Contact Other Inventors
In recent years, many inventors’ organizations have developed
or sprung up in order to provide inventors with information
and ideas, model makers, lists of searchers, speakers, patent
attorneys, etc., as well as to sponsor various seminars and
trade fairs where inventions can be exhibited. One or more
of these organizations may provide you with invaluable
assistance in your inventing efforts.
One of the oldest and most well-known groups of inventors
is the Minnesota Inventors Congress (www.invent1.org).
Inventors’ organizations have a reputation for honesty and
provide reasonable value for the membership or other fees
charged, but check for yourself before investing a significant
amount of your time or money. A listing of inventor
organizations, can be found at:
- Patent Café (www.patentcafe.com). (Click on “Inventors
and Intellectual Property Creators’ Resources”), or
- Inventor’s Digest Online, www.inventorsdigest.com.
(Click on “Inventor Organizations.)”
A complete list of all inventors’ organizations is also
available in Inventor Assistance Source Directory, published
by Pacific Northwest Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Mail Stop
K8-11, Richland, WA 99352. You can also find inventors’
groups in your area by asking the Patent and Trademark
Depository Library close to you. You can find a listing of
PTDL s in Chapter 6 or by visiting the PTO website (www.
uspto.gov) and clicking on “PTDLs” at the bottom of the
page.
If you wish to subscribe to an online mailing list in
which you can contact other inventors, the InventNet
Forum provides an online forum at www.inventnet.com.
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