Birmingham Inventors

Birmingham Inventors monthly meeting in action at Aston Science Park.


Come and join us. Visitors, speakers and new members are always welcome.

Note: there is a small visitor fee and members/visitors are required to sign a confidentiality agreement.

This website is a wiki. Members may edit and contribute to the Member Editable pages.

Birmingham Inventors is an active organisation for anyone with an interest in innovation. Our members come from industry, business, academia and government from around the Midlands area including Coventry, Warwick, Wolverhampton and much further afield.

It serves to encourage, promote and stimulate the development and dissemination of innovative new products and ideas.

You are welcome as a visitor, new member or speaker to our friendly monthly meetings at Aston Science Park

Benefits

Members provide an invaluable source of help, services, information and guidance for progressing ideas through to fruition, such as:

  • Research, design, development and manufacturing methods.
  • Intellectual Property protection: Patents, Registered Designs, Copyright, etc.
  • Royalty payments, License agreements, where and how to get financial aid.
  • Ethical inventions.
  • Who to contact, how to find product champions.
  • Critical appraisal of ideas.
  • Pitfalls to be wary of!

Birmingham Inventors Success Stories

Include: Medical equipment, Farm machinery and Domestic items. They are also associated with three official Millennium Products:

  • A "Shield" laser device for the protection of those working on the hard shoulder of motorways, like the emergency services.
  • A clever "Monobug" clothes peg with tremendous "Hurricane Grip"!
  • "Slidesafe" to avoid trapped fingers in doors, especially of children.