Inventors need reliable information to successfully bring a marketable product through the invention development process. In 1985, we opened our year round office and through our knowledgeable staff, inventors are taught that the most importance investment they can make is to learn how successful inventors develop marketable products. By directing inventors to reliable resources we help them understand that by being intimately involved in the process they will be able to make the best decisions for them. We also provide information that is available from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Trade Commission about invention promotion firms.
We will provide you with easy to understand information that will teach you how to:
- Find information to protect your intellectual property.
- Know where to spend your money wisely and where it will be most valuable.
- Identify companies who have a mutual interest in your product.
- Avoid invention promotion companies.
- Being an educated inventor is the best investment you can make to protect your intellectual property and bring a product successfully to the market.
Learn more on these pages.
- Getting Started
- Free Tool Kit
- Articles & Resources
- Events
- Links
- For MN Inventors
- Success Stories
- Students
Where are inventors to go for reliable information? We are a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization Committed to innovation development & dedicated to supporting independent inventors!
The Minnesota Inventors Congress provides helpful information guiding each inventor through the process of obtaining patents to marketing products. We facilitate professional workshops at minimal costs to the inventor. Finally through fellowship with other inventors our members enjoy encouragement to succeed. We sincerely look forward to meeting with you!
Inventor protection. The MIC provides access to information that is available from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Trade Commission about invention promotion firms. Unlike for-profit invention development companies, the volunteers and staff of this organization do not derive any financial benefit from assisting inventors in protecting, developing and marketing their inventions.
There is no list of people waiting to pay you for your idea!
You need to prove to a company that you can make them money and there are steps you can take to make sure you are spending your money the right way. Let us do the direct you to reliable resources who can help you learn the product development process that successful inventors use to develop marketable products. Private business needs to focus on developed products and their own bottom line. This is why Minnesota Inventors Congress was founded.
Today, as a non-profit organization, MIC stands in this gap as it has for over 50 Years! We have met annually in June ever since 1958!
Your first step is to review our Inventor’s Tool Kit!
Our emerging global economy warrants us to provide the following warnings:
Please review the following caution flow chart: Screening International Companies interested in development of intellectual property.
Notice to all visitors to this website:
The Minnesota Inventors Congress (MIC) is a private, Non- Profit 501(c)(3) organization. This message is not to be considered legal advice. The MIC is not a law firm and does not provide legal or patent, trademark or copyright advice. Posted messages may contain information helpful to some people under some circumstances. Please use caution when evaluating any information, including but not limited to: business opportunities; links to news stories; links to services, products or other web sites; and postings by group members. No endorsements are ever issued by the MIC, expressed or implied.
“An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he’s in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.” — Charles F. Kettering
