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IFIA is the universal acronym for International Federation of Inventors' Associations. It is a non-governmental organization created by inventor associations in 1968, in London. From 1991 to early 2006, IFIA was based in Geneva, Switzerland, and since April 2006, IFIA is based in Budapest, Hungary. Its membership, which is composed of associations of inventors, organizations and companies, come from some 90 countries.

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IFIA is the only organization which groups inventor associations worldwide, and as such is a unique spokesman for inventors. It enjoys observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland, and is a member of the Standing Advisory Committee of the European Patent Office (SACEPO), in Munich, Germany.

The main objectives of IFIA are to improve the status of inventors at national and international levels, and to promote cooperation between inventor associations.

1000inventions is operated by IFIA. It is an online market-place for technology consisting of offers for sale or licensing of inventions and new products from IFIA members or not. 1000inventions is a unique Internet site and database among online marketing inventions from the point of view of the number of the countries of origin of the inventions published: 100+ countries.

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The inventions are published in English. They can be searched and viewed by a keyword search engine, as well as from 4 specific angles: the most recent inventions which are published, the country of origin of the invention, the name of the inventor, and 10 technical fields based on the International Patent Classification (IPC).

1000inventions was launched on March 31, 2003. It is an upgraded version of the IFIA Internet Inventions Store (IFIS), launched on November 15, 1999.

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