Potential Inductees to the National Inventors Hall of Fame are reviewed by a National Selection Committee comprised of national science, technical, engineering, and patent organizations. In any given year, these organizations may include:

Acoustical Society of America
Aerospace Medical Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
American Bar Association
American Chemical Society
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Intellectual Property Law Association
The American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Institute of Chemists
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
American Medical Association
American Meteorological Society
American Pharmaceutical Association
The American Physical Society
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
American Society of Agronomy
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers
ASME International
Association of Corporate Counsel
Association of Corporate Patent Counsel
ASM International
Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Women in Science
The Electrochemical Society
Industrial Research Institute
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Food Technologists
Intellectual Property Owners
Licensing Executive Society
National Bar Association
National Society of Black Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
The National Technical Association
Optical Society of America
SAE International
Society for the History of Technology
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Society of Women Engineers