Humanities › History & Culture National Inventors Month Print Don Farrall / Getty Images History & Culture Inventions Famous Inventions Famous Inventors Patents & Trademarks Invention Timelines Computers & The Internet American History African American History African History Ancient History and Culture Asian History European History Genealogy Latin American History Medieval & Renaissance History Military History The 20th Century Women's History View More By Mary Bellis Mary Bellis Inventions Expert Mary Bellis covered inventions and inventors for ThoughtCo for 18 years. She is known for her independent films and documentaries, including one about Alexander Graham Bell. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on April 05, 2019 May is National Inventors Month. A month long event celebrating invention and creativity. National Inventors Month began was started in 1998 by the United Inventors Association of the USA (UIA-USA), the Academy of Applied Science, and Inventors' Digest magazine. Why have National Inventors Month as a month dedicated to inventors? The answer is to help promote the positive image of inventors and the real contributions they give to this world. "We want to recognize those talented, brave individuals who dare to be blatantly creative, and therefore different, and whose accomplishments affect every facet of our lives," says Joanne Hayes-Rines, editor of Inventors' Digest and a sponsor of National Inventors Month. National Inventors Month Sponsors Inventors' Digest United Inventors Association of the USA Academy of Applied Science Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Bellis, Mary. "National Inventors Month." ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, thoughtco.com/national-inventors-month-1991622. Bellis, Mary. (2020, August 26). National Inventors Month. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/national-inventors-month-1991622 Bellis, Mary. "National Inventors Month." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/national-inventors-month-1991622 (accessed April 20, 2024). copy citation