If you are an inventor with questions about how to patent an invention or idea, where to find a patent attorney, what resources are available for conducting a patent search, what criteria to use when selecting a patent lawyer, how much you can expect to pay for a patent, what your options are if your are considering purchasing patent insurance or any other patent-related questions, California-based Inventors Workshop International (IWI), a non-profit (501)c(3) invention assistance organization, provides services that may be able to help you out. 

IWI specializes in providing personal mentoring and one-on-one counseling for inventors seeking to patent, manufacture and market their inventions. Members receive live expert assistance and advisory consultation and questions are answered right over the phone or at workshops or meetings.

You can contact this organization at:

Inventors Workshop International
    Education Foundation (IWI)
PO Box 285
Santa Barbara, California 93102
805-969-9250
Email:  help@inventorsworkshop.info

Founded in 1971, the organization works not only with inventors seeking invention manufacturers for new inventions, but also with manufacturers looking for new inventions, invention companies looking for new products as well as companies seeking new product ideas.