Tampa Bay Inventors Council is a group of talented inventors who network and support each other through education resources, community events and semi-monthly meetings. Our members include inventors who have many patents and novices who wish to learn.




Your invited to join the fastest growing group of independent inventors in the country.





1876, Western Union response to Alexander Graham Bell's offer of a telephone patent for $100,000







The idea of installing "telephones" in every city is idiotic. Why would any person want to use this ungainly and impractical device when he can send a messenger to the telegraph office and have a clear written message sent to any large city in the US? This "telephone" has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. This device is inherently of no value to us.