The Tennessee Inventors Association is an organization in East Tennessee dedicated to promoting independent inventors. Members are from Knoxville and Oak Ridge and some come from Chattanooga, Cleveland, Bristol, Johnson City, Morristown, and other East Tennessee areas. The TIA also has members from as far away as Ohio and Virginia. The Tennessee Inventors Association is a great resource for inventors, innovators, and entreprenours.
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Special Announcement!
Everyday Edisons will be airing every Thursday 8:30pm. Tune in to the Knoxville PBS station to see Season 2 of this realistic and informative show. Visit our Info page to find the latest news about the TIA or of interest to inventors and innovators! Opportunities for Innovation in East Tennessee, a TIA sponsored seminar held on August 16, 2008, was a succcess with over 50 people in attendance. |
The TIA meets monthly on the third Saturday at 10 am in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A map to the meeting hall is here. Visitors are always welcome!
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Upcoming Meeting
Bruce Hayes of the Tennessee Small Business Development Centers (TSBDC) will be presenting information on business plans for inventors at the September 20 meeting in Oak Ridge, Tenn. |
The primary goal of the TIA is the advancement of technology throughout Tennessee with its accompanying economic growth. Toward this end, TIA provides information, guidance, and encouragement to those involved in innovation. It is a chartered non-profit organization in the State of Tennessee composed of inventors and other persons interested in the innovation process.
The TIA membership includes independent inventors, small business developers, engineers, and scientists from state and federal research and educational facilities. The span of technical expertise and inventions ranges from high-tech to low-tech, from lasers to games to cat toys. Other TIA members are from business-related fields and are available as consultants to the other members. For example, we have patent agents and patent attorneys as members, and we frequently have business attorneys and lawyers, model makers, graphic artists, modelers, designers, and others as visitors. Even if you do not have an invention, you are welcome to join the TIA!
Site last updated on 08-18-08
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This site maintained by Tom Kulaga
The TIA wishes to thank Laurel Bowen for her efforts in creating the website and maintaining it for several years.