Thomas Edison held 1093 US patents, and over 2000 worldwide.
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Thomas Edison was granted 1093 US Patents - a record that has yet to be broken by a single individual. He also held a couple hundred foreign patents in the UK, France, and Germany. This goes without mentioning the 500-800 denied US applications he filed as well as other inventions he may never have had sought protection for.
As fascinating as it would be to list 1093 dates, let us just say they are from 1869 to 1923, and there is a list linked below.
1093! - The largest number held by any one person at that time. Today, there are dozens of companies that get more than that number of patents issued in the USA in a single year. Many of Edison' patents were invalid because he stole the ideas, including all of his so-called "light bulb patents", which were stripped by the patent office in 1893.
he invented the electric light bulb What DIDN'T he invent? He received 1093 patents.
He is a great inventor. He improved and invented the first incadesent light bulb. he had 1093 patents.