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# 1 U.S. Pat. No.

Complete List of Nikola Tesla's 112 United States Patents

Title of Patent

Issue Commercial Year Relevance? 1886 Yes

Application Category power generation electric lighting electric lighting power generation power generation power generation power generation electric motors electric motors power distribution electric motors power distribution

334,823 Commutator for Dynamo Electric Machines 335,786 Electric Arc Lamp 335,787 Electric Arc Lamp 336,961 Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines 336,962 Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines 350,954 Regulator for Dynamo Elecric Machines 359,748 Dynamo Electric Machine

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1887

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

381,968 Electro Magnetic Motor 1888 381,969 Electro Magnetic Motor 1888 381,970 System of Electrical Distribution 1888

382,279 Electro Magnetic Motor 1888 382,280 Electrical Transmission 1888 of Power

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U.S. Pat. No.

Title of Patent

Issue Commercial Year Relevance? Yes Yes

Application Category power distribution power distribution power generation power distribution power generation power generation power generation electric motors pyromagnetics electric motors

382,281 Electrical Transmission 1888 of Power 382,282 Method of Converting 1888 and Distributing Electric Currents 382,845 Commutator for Dynamo Electric Machines 390,413 System of Electrical Distribution 390,414 Dynamo Electric Machine 390,415 Dynamo Electric Machine or Motor 390,721 Dynamo Electric Machine 1888

15

Yes

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

1888 1888 1888 1888

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

390,820 Regulator for Alternate 1888 Current Motors 396,121 Thermo Magnetic Motor 401,520 Method of Operating Electro Magnetic Motors 1889 1889

23 24 25 26

405,858 Electro Magnetic Motor 1889 405,859 Method of Electrical Power Transmission 406,968 Dynamo Electric Machine 1889 1889

Yes Yes Yes Yes

electric motors power distribution power generation power distribution electric motors

413,353 Method of Obtaining 1889 Direct from Alternating Currents 416,191 Electro Magnetic Motor 1889

27

Yes

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U.S. Pat. No.

Title of Patent

Issue Commercial Year Relevance? 1889 Yes

Application Category electric motors

416,192 Method of Operating Electro Magnetic Motors

29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

416,193 Electro Magnetic Motor 1889 416,194 Electric Motor 1889

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

electric motors electric motors electric motors electric motors electric motors electric motors pyromagnetics electric motors electric motors transformers electric motors electric motors power generation power generation electric lighting electric motors instrumentation electric lighting electric motors

416,195 Electro Magnetic Motor 1889 417,794 Armature for Electric Machines 1889

418,248 Electro Magnetic Motor 1889 424,036 Electro Magnetic Motor 1890 428,057 Pyromagneto Electric Generator 1890

433,700 Alternating Current 1890 Electro Magnetic Motor 433,701 Alternating Current Motor 433,702 Electrical Transformer or Induction Device 1890 1890

433,703 Electro Magnetic Motor 1890 445,207 Electro Magnetic Motor 1891 447,920 Method of Operating Arc Lamps 447,921 Alternating Electric Current Generator 454,622 System of Electric Lighting 1891 1891 1891

455,067 Electro Magnetic Motor 1891 455,068 Electrical Meter 455,069 Electric Incandescent Lamp 1891 1891

459,772 Electro Magnetic Motor 1891

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U.S. Pat. No.

Title of Patent

Issue Commercial Year Relevance? Yes

Application Category high voltage&freq AC electric motors capacitors power distribution power distribution power distribution power distribution power generation coils conductors high voltage&freq AC engines electric lighting high voltage&freq AC instrumentation engines electric motors electric motors

462,418 Method of and 1891 Apparatus for Electrical Conversion and Distribution 464,666 Electro Magnetic Motor 1891 464,667 Electrical Condenser 1891

49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

487,796 System of Electrical 1892 Transmission of Power 511,559 Electrical Transmission 1893 of Power 511,560 System of Electrical Power Transmission 1893

511,915 Electrical Transmission 1894 of Power 511,916 Electric Generator 512,340 Coil for Electro Magnets 514,167 Electrical Conductor 514,168 Means for Generating Electric Currents 514,169 Reciprocating Engine 514,170 Incandescent Electric Light 514,972 Electric Railway System 514,973 Electrical Meter 517,900 Steam Engine 1894 1894 1894 1894

59 60 61

1894 1894 1894

Yes Yes No

62 63 64 65

1894 1894

Yes Yes Yes Yes

524,426 Electromagnetic Motor 1894 555,190 Alternating Motor 1896

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U.S. Pat. No.

Title of Patent

Issue Commercial Year Relevance? 1896 1896 Yes Yes

Application Category capacitors high voltage&freq AC

567,818 Electrical Condenser 568,176 Apparatus for Producing Electric Currents of High Frequency and Potential 568,177 Apparatus for Producing Ozone 568,178 Method of Regulating Apparatus for Producing Currents of High Frequency 568,179 Method of and Apparatus for Producing Currents of High Frequency 568,180 Apparatus for Producing Electrical Currents of High Frequency 577,670 Apparatus for Producing Electric Currents of High Frequency

68 69

1896 1896

Yes Yes

ozone production high voltage&freq AC high voltage&freq AC high voltage&freq AC high voltage&freq AC capacitors

70

1896

Yes

71

1896

Yes

72

1897

Yes

73

577,671 Manufacture of 1897 Electrical Condensers, Coils, &c 583,953 Apparatus for Producing Currents of High Frequency 593,138 Electrical Transformer 609,245 Electrical Circuit Controller 1897

Yes

74

Yes

high voltage&freq AC transformers high voltage&freq AC

75 76

1897 1898

Yes Yes

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U.S. Pat. No.

Title of Patent

Issue Commercial Year Relevance? 1898 Yes

Application Category high voltage&freq AC high voltage&freq AC high voltage&freq AC high voltage&freq AC high voltage&freq AC high voltage&freq AC high voltage&freq AC high voltage&freq AC remote controls

609,246 Electric Circuit Controller 609,247 Electric Circuit Controller 609,248 Electric Circuit Controller 609,249 Electric Circuit Controller 609,250 Electrical Igniter for Gas Engines 609,251 Electric Circuit Controller 611,719 Electrical Circuit Controller 613,735 Electric Circuit Controller

78

1898

Yes

79

1898

Yes

80

1898

Yes

81

1898

Yes

82

1898

Yes

83

1898

Yes

84

1898

Yes

85

613,809 Method of and 1898 Apparatus for Controlling Mechansim of Moving Vessels or Vehicles 645,576 System of Transmission of Electrical Energy 649,621 Apparatus for Transmission of Electrical Energy 1900

No

86

Disputed

radio/wireless power radio/wireless power

87

1900

Disputed

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U.S. Pat. No.

Title of Patent

Issue Commercial Year Relevance? 1900 1900 1901 No No Disputed

Application Category ice insulation ice insulation radio/wireless power radio/wireless power

655,838 Method of Insulating Electric Conductors 11,865 Method of Insulating Electric Conductors 685,012 Means for Increasing the Intensity of Electrical Oscillations 685,953 Method of Intensifying and Utilizing Effects Transmitted Through Natural Media

91

1901

Disputed

92

685,954 Method of Utilizing 1901 Effects Transmitted Through Natural Media 685,955 Apparatus for Utilizing 1901 Effects Transmitted From a Distance to a Receiving Device Through Natural Media 685,956 Apparatus for Utilizing 1901 Effects Transmitted Through Natural Media 685,957 Apparatus for the Utilization of Radiant Energy 685,958 Method of Utilizing Radiant Energy 723,188 Method of Signaling 725,605 System of Signaling 1901

Disputed

radio/wireless power radio/wireless power

93

Disputed

94

Disputed

radio/wireless power perpetual free energy perpetual free energy radio/wireless power radio/wireless power

95

No

96 97 98

1901 1903 1903

No Disputed Disputed

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U.S. Pat. No.

Title of Patent

Issue Commercial Year Relevance? 1905 No

Application Category wireless power distr.

787,412 Art of Transmitting Electrical Energy Through the Natural Mediums

100 1,061,142 Fluid Propulsion 101 1,061,206 Turbine 102 1,113,716 Fountain 103 1,119,732 Apparatus for Transmitting Electrical Energy 104 1,209,359 Speed Indicator Assigned to Waltham Watch Company 105 1,266,175 Lightning Protector 106 1,274,816 Speed Indicator Assigned to Waltham Watch Company 107 1,314,718 Ship's Log Assigned to Waltham Watch Company 108 1,329,559 Valvular Conduit 109 1,365,547 Flow Meter Assigned to Waltham Watch Company 110 1,402,025 Frequency Meter Assigned to Waltham Watch Company 111 1,655,113 Method of Aerial Transportation 112 1,655,114 Apparatus for Aerial Transportation

1913 1913 1914 1914

No No No No

pumps turbines fountains wireless power distr. instrumentation

1916

Yes

1918 1918

No Yes

lightning rods instrumentation

1919

Yes

instrumentation

1920 1921

No Yes

check valves instrumentation

1922

Yes

instrumentation

1928 1928

No No

VTOL flying machine VTOL flying machine

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