Below is a list of Edison patents. Thomas Edison was an inventor who accumulated 2,332 patents worldwide for his inventions. 1,093 of Edison's patents were in the United States, but other patents were approved in countries around the globe. read more
The American inventor Thomas Edison successfully filed and obtained 1,093 United States patents. His first patent application was executed while he was 21 years old on October 13, 1868. read more
Edison received many patents in countries other than the United States. No complete list exists, but Dyer and Martin's 1910 biography, Edison: His Life and Inventions, contains a compilation of 1,239 non-U.S. patents awarded in 34 countries. read more