Dr William Scholl
Dr. Scholl
Thomas Edison held 1093 US patents, and over 2000 worldwide.
By the time Alfred Nobel died, he held over 350 patents.
He held the patent for dynamite (and over 300 other patents) and also manufactured armaments.
Michael Croslin is best known for inventing the digital blood pressure machine. He held over forty patents for medical inventions.
In the USA alone there have been over 8,300,000 patents issued. Add to these all of the other patents in all of the other countries and you will have your answer.
Beulah Louise Henry, (1887 - 1973) was called the lady Edison. She held 49 patents. She probably made over 100 inventions.
An American businessman, investor and inventor, Sherman Mills Fairchild made significant contributions to the aviation industry. He held over 30 patents including inventing the first synchronized camera shutter.
Thomas Edison
There were approximately 50,000 patents granted per year over this time period. For a total of 450,000. It is unrealistic to have itemised them all here.
You first need to check that you have not broken some bones, so you need to go to hospital and have the foot X-rayed or checked by a doctor. They will then tell you how to treat it.
It depends upon what country you're talking about and how "early" you mean. By 1899 there were over 600,000 US patents. In 1850 there were less than 8,000.
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. Although a dramatist and poet, he became famous for his advances in chemistry and physics, and by the time he died on 10 December 1896, he held over 350 patents and controlled factories and laboratories in 20 countries.