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The Institute of Patentees and Inventors is a United Kingdom-based non-profit-making association. It provides support to individuals on all aspects of inventing. IPI was founded in 1920 in the UK.

They take part in the “Ask An Expert Scheme” run by the British Library. This provides a free one-to-one advisory session for an hour under a strict ‘confidentiality’ arrangement for members or anyone else. This is hosted on behalf of the library by the President of the I.P.I., Mark Sheahan, an “Inventor In Residence,” every second Thursday. This Inventors Workshop is by appointment and is highly popular, so due to the demand it is advisable to contact the library well in advance in order to attend. Just go to their website http://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre or use the button on this page; scroll halfway down and follow the instructions to book online direct. This is part of the British Libraries services and is administered under their auspices

The British Library has also been a popular venue for many of our events and meetings over the years. These varied events are social and educational as well as being business orientated. It is easy to get to and makes a great place to meet friends and network.