What We Do

Now with more than 40 active members, the Amarillo Inventors Association was founded in 1989. Members are provided with timely information and an array of resources concerning the invention process from conception and legalities to manufacturing and marketing. Open to all who are interested — inventors, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and investors all have much to gain from membership in this organization.

We are members of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, United Inventors Association, and many of our members belong to various inventor groups around the country.

To all the inventors and investors in the Texas Panhandle and surrounding areas. We, as members of the Amarillo Inventors’ Association, would like to invite you to join our organization. We believe that with our combined interests working together and helping each other, we can aid you in your quest for a patent. Once you join you will discover all the abilities that AIA members bring to the table to help you avoid the pitfalls and provide guidance for the success of your invention.

Once a member you can expect several benefits from the monthly meetings such as these listed below:

It is a great feeling to get out of the office or house and be among people who think outside the box.
To be with people with no pressure so you can relax and not have to impress anyone, like just be yourself and know you were given the opportunity to help someone with a great idea.
Yes, there are many of us who have had good ideas for many years and didn’t know how to cash in on them.
Yes, we need people with special training and experience to help our inventors. That is why we are gathering info from each member as to what field they have worked in or what they might best help someone with.
This information might include finished projects and what they have ahead to work on of their own.
A list of patents and any problems they encountered getting it or them so we can help our inventors avoid the cost and time element.
We try to have a show and tell each meeting so each person there can evaluate, in their own mind, if it is a good and marketable idea or not.
Everyone at the show and tell will sign a nondisclosure agreement with the project owner before any information is exchanged.
Each person at the show and tell will be given an evaluation sheet to fill out and give back to the project owner so they can see what other eyes see in their idea.
All inventors can use their opinion of the show and tell to improve their own idea.
This helps us to give the inventor the five steps and five goals in getting a patent along with ten checkpoints to keep them on track throughout the process.
This protects the investor as well as the inventor because if they can’t take the steps or goals then they can quit before spending money needlessly.
We try to impress in the minds of all inventors to keep an open mind to the fact their project can be made better.
All of these ideas will benefit both the inventor and the investor by keeping things safe and least expensive for everyone and make it more attractive for the entrepreneurs.

Oil Vac is one of the local companies which was an AIA member, now with contracts with the military and wind turbine industry.

Other inventors are doing well right here in Amarillo. Please watch the video on this website which showcases four local inventors who are also members of the club.

Objectives

The objectives of the AIA shall be to encourage and assist members in developing knowledge of the patenting and marketing of new products.
Encouraging and assisting members by conducting regular meetings, conferences, and educational programs.
Provide a medium for interchange of ideas among members and dissemination of information to members.
The AIA is organized exclusively for scientific and educational purposes.
The association shall be so conducted that no part of its income or earnings shall insure to the benefit of any member, director, officer or other individual.

What We Provide

Right People

Right Resources

"When you join AIA you will be furnished with binding and non disclosure agreements to protect your invention and yourself as you receive information on the patent process & helpful tips to help you make the right decision in pursuing your goals."

AIA will provide you with new product development information that puts you in contact with the right people, the right resources that you will need in moving forward with your petition

To learn more about the Patent Process and ways to market
your invention we invite you to become a member of
THE AMARILLO INVENTORS ASSOCIATION.

What We Do

Objectives

What We Provide

Right People

Right Resources

Latest Blog

Market Analysis

Customer Experience

Research Financial

Quality Services

Member Sponsors

Like Us on Facebook