Links to state organizations that aid inventors.

Arizona

Inventors Association of Arizona

California

Inventors Alliance (Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles)

Inventors Forum (Huntington Beach)

Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Sponsored by UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. The Center coordinates and develops activities in entrepreneurship and innovation. Since its founding, the Center has expanded the entrepreneurship curriculum, helped spawn several new ventures and has developed a relationship with the business community that makes it one of the foremost entrepreneurial centers in the country.

Redwood Empire Small Business Development Center
- Provides assistance to owners of existing or new businesses. Offers free long-term, in-depth consulting on virtually every aspect of business operations. Maintains a resource room with books, videos, and other information. Offers workshops and training on fundamentals of business.

Colorado

Rocky Mountain Inventors Association

Connecticut

Inventors Association of Connecticut

Connecticut Invention Convention

D.C.

Inventors Network of the Capital Area

Delaware

Early Stage East (Wilmington)

Florida

Edison Inventors Association

Inventors Society of South Florida

Tampa Bay Inventors' Council

Georgia

Inventor Association of Georgia, Inc.

Illinois

Chicago 1st Black Inventors/Entrepreneurs Organization

Illinois Innovators and Inventors

Iowa

Iowa Inventors Group

Kansas

Inventors Association of So. Central Kansas

Mid-America Inventors Association (Kansas City)

Inventors Club of KC

Kentucky

Inventors' Association of Middle Tennessee and South Kentucky

Central Kentucky Inventors Council

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

Michigan

The Entrepreneur Network

InventorEd, Inc

Muskegon Inventors Network

Minnesota

Inventors' Network (Mpls./St. Paul)

Minnesota Inventors Congress (Redwood Falls)

Mississippi

Mississippi SBDC Inventor Assistance (University)

Missouri

Mid-America Inventors Association (Kansas City)

Nevada

Nevada Inventors Association (Reno)

New Jersey

National Society of Inventors (Union)

New Jersey Entrepreneurs Forum (Westfield)

New York

Inventors Society of Western New York

North Carolina

Inventors Network of the Carolinas

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

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Inventors Congress

Oregon

Portland Inventors Group

South Coast Inventors Group

Pennsylvania

American Society of Inventors (Philadelphia)

Pennsylvania Inventors Association (Erie)

South Carolina

Inventors Network of the Carolinas

Tennessee

Inventors' Association of Middle Tennessee and South Kentucky

Tennessee Inventors Association (East Tennessee)

Texas

Amarillo Inventors' Association

Austin Inventors and Entrepreneurs Association (AIEA)

Invent Texas!

Houston Inventors Association

Texas Inventors Association
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Tarrant County Inventors
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Vermont

Invent Vermont (Woodbury)

Virginia

Inventors Network of the Capital Area

Wisconsin

Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club (Necedah)

Wisconsin Innovation Service Center
- A non-profit service of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Assists small businesses and inventors with technical and market assessments of new product and service ideas. Their well-trained researches use hundreds of databases and have access to over 400 technical consultants. They have researched the viability of nearly 4,000 ideas for entrepreneurs and inventors throughout the U.S.