The following list contains the 136 patents for which
Edison executed an
application after 1909. It is arranged in chronological order by execution date, which is the date
on which Edison signed the application and the date in the patenting process that comes closest
to
the time of actual inventive activity. The application date is the date on which the Patent Office
received and recorded the application; the issue date, the time at which the patent, having passed
inspection and any legal challenges, was awarded.
| No. | Executed | Applied |
Issued | Patent No. | Title |
|---|
| 958. | 01/26/10 | 01/27/10 | 09/07/15 | 1,152,614 | Phonographic Recording Apparatus |
| 959. | 03/19/10 | 03/23/10 | 09/15/14 | 1,110,428 | Process of Forming Phonograph-Styli |
| 960. | 04/14/10 | 04/20/10 | 03/05/12 | 1,019,441 | Sound-Recording Apparatus |
| 961. | 05/02/10 | 05/12/10 | 10/22/12 | 1,041,983 | Phonograph-Stylus |
| 962. | 05/13/10 | 05/24/10 | 12/05/16 | 1,207,382 | Primary Battery |
| 963. | 05/19/10 | 05/24/10 | 11/22/10 | 976,792 | Storage Battery |
| 964. | 05/19/10 | 05/24/10 | 12/26/11 | 1,012,828 | Storage Battery |
| 965. | 05/31/10 | 06/02/10 | 12/03/12 | 1,046,414 | Phonograph Determining Device |
| 966. | 05/31/10 | 06/06/10 | 08/20/12 | 1,036,471 | Storage Battery |
| 967. | 05/31/10 | 06/06/10 | 04/04/16 | 1,178,062 | Moving-Picture Apparatus |
| 968. | 06/07/10 | 06/09/10 | 01/26/15 | 1,126,428 | Sound-Recording Apparatus |
| 969. | 06/13/10 | 06/17/10 | 10/27/14 | 1,115,463 | Electrode Element |
| 970. | 06/30/10 | 07/01/10 | 01/14/13 | 1,050,436 | Apparatus for Producing Rubber Strips |
| 971. | 06/30/10 | 07/01/10 | 01/06/14 | 1,083,353 | Production of Perforated Strips |
| 972. | 07/02/10 | 07/07/10 | 01/11/16 | 1,167,637 | Method of Utilizing Waste Heat in Kilns |
| 973. | 10/04/10 | 10/07/10 | 06/09/14 | 1,099,241 | Rectifier |
| 974. | 10/17/10 | 10/20/10 | 06/08/15 | 1,142,507 | Sound-Recording Apparatus |
| 975. | 11/09/10 | 11/14/10 | 12/01/14 | 1,119,141 | Sound-Reproducer |
| 976. | 12/05/10 | 12/07/10 | 05/23/16 | 1,184,332 | Phonograph or Talking-Machine |
| 977. | 12/07/10 | 12/09/10 | 09/15/14 | 1,110,382 | Sound-Modifier |
| 978. | 01/25/11 | 01/27/11 | 09/05/11 | 1,002,505 | Composition for Sound-Records and Other Objects |
| 979. | 01/25/11 | 01/27/11 | 07/30/12 | 1,034,002 | Storage Battery |
| 980. | 01/25/11 | 01/27/11 | 07/30/12 | 1,034,003 | Battery-Cell Container |
| 981. | 01/25/11 | 01/27/11 | 01/06/14 | 1,083,354 | Insulating Compound |
| 982. | 02/15/11 | 02/17/11 | 05/23/16 | 1,184,333 | Phonograph or Talking-Machine |
| 983. | 03/22/11 | 03/24/11 | 11/14/16 | 1,204,420 | Sound-Box |
| 984. | 04/03/11 | 04/05/11 | 11/11/13 | 1,078,266 | Sound-Box |
| 985. | 04/03/11 | 04/05/11 | 12/01/14 | 1,119,142 | Sound-Record |
| 986. | 04/07/11 | 04/08/11 | 01/06/14 | 1,083,355 | Art of Forming Chemical Compounds |
| 987. | 04/07/11 | 04/08/11 | 01/06/14 | 1,083,356 | Storage Battery |
| 988. | 04/07/11 | 04/08/11 | 01/11/16 | 1,167,484 | Production of Nickel Hydroxid |
| 989. | 05/01/11 | 05/09/11 | 01/14/13 | 1,050,629 | Art of Separating Copper from Other Metals |
| 990. | 05/12/11 | 05/18/11 | 01/14/13 | 1,050,630 | Art of Separating Copper from Other Metals |
| 991. | 05/16/11 | 05/18/11 | 03/11/13 | 1,055,621 | Reproducer |
| 992. | 06/08/11 | 06/10/11 | 11/24/14 | 1,118,114 | Method of Making Molds for Sound-Records |
| 993. | 06/16/11 | 06/21/11 | 02/06/12 | 1,016,874 | Means and Method for Preventing Depletion of Electrolyte |
| 994. | 06/20/11 | 06/22/11 | 03/02/15 | 1,130,156 | Machine for Shaving Sound Records or Blanks |
| 995. | 07/24/11 | 07/28/11 | 02/06/12 | 1,016,875 | Electroplating Apparatus |
| 996. | 11/28/11 | 12/01/11 | 03/11/13 | 1,055,524 | Dumping Mechanism |
| 997. | 12/12/11 | 12/30/11 | 04/10/17 | 1,221,981 | Alternating-Current Rectifier |
| 998. | 12/19/11 | 12/20/11 | 07/13/15 | 1,146,413 | Method of Producing Tablets for Sound-Records |
| 999. | 12/20/11 | 12/22/11 | 08/13/18 | 1,275,232 | Production of Finely-Divided Metals |
| 1000. | 12/30/11 | 01/11/12 | 09/16/13 | 1,073,107 | Storage Battery |
| 1001. | 01/02/12 | 01/06/12 | 06/09/14 | 1,099,349 | Method of Making Sound-Record Molds |
| 1002. | 01/12/12 | 01/17/12 | 06/22/15 | 1,143,818 | Charging Storage Batteries |
| 1003. | 01/19/12 | 01/20/12 | 09/29/14 | 1,111,999 | Phonograph-Record |
| 1004. | 02/15/12 | 02/16/12 | 07/04/16 | 1,190,133 | Means for Recording Sounds |
| 1005. | 04/23/12 | 04/30/12 | 01/11/16 | 1,167,485 | Storage Battery |
| 1006. | 05/20/12 | 05/23/12 | 07/25/16 | 1,192,400 | Electrical System for Automobiles |
| 1007. | 05/21/12 | 05/23/12 | 01/11/16 | 1,167,638 | Means for Concentrating Ores |
| 1008. | 05/31/12 | 06/07/12 | 04/04/16 | 1,178,063 | Receptacle-Filling Machine |
| 1009. | 06/10/12 | 06/13/12 | 09/07/15 | 1,152,615 | Alternating-Current-Rectifying System |
| 1010. | 06/10/12 | 06/13/12 | 09/07/15 | 1,152,616 | Contact for Electrical Apparatus |
| 1011. | 06/19/12 | 06/24/12 | 05/21/18 | 1,266,778 | Process of Making Screens for Projection |
| 1012. | 07/11/12 | 07/13/12 | 08/27/12 | 42,934 | Design for a Cabinet |
| 1013. | 07/27/12 | 07/31/12 | 02/05/18 | 1,255,517 | Starting and Current-Supplying System for Automobiles |
| 1014. | 08/09/12 | 08/12/12 | 05/23/16 | 1,184,334 | Phonograph or Talking-Machine |
| 1015. | 09/12/12 | 09/16/12 | 11/02/15 | 1,158,661 | Phonograph or Talking-Machine |
| 1016. | 09/12/12 | 09/16/12 | 07/24/17 | 1,234,450 | Celluloid Record-Blank |
| 1017. | 10/25/12 | 10/26/12 | 09/12/16 | 1,197,723 | Coating Apparatus |
| 1018. | 10/25/12 | 10/26/12 | 10/17/16 | 1,201,448 | Coating Apparatus |
| 1019. | 10/25/12 | 10/26/12 | 07/24/17 | 1,234,451 | Mold or Transfer Plate |
| 1020. | 01/29/13 | 01/30/13 | 12/05/16 | 1,207,383 | Sound-Record Tablet |
| 1021. | 02/28/13 | 03/06/13 | 12/03/18 | 1,286,259 | Means for Recording Sounds |
| 1022. | 06/13/13 | 06/16/13 | 05/04/15 | 1,138,360 | Method of Presenting the Illusion of Scenes in Colors |
| 1023. | 11/21/13 | 12/02/13 | 01/07/19 | 1,290,138 | Friction Speed-Governor |
| 1024. | 04/21/14 | 04/25/14 | 10/17/16 | 1,201,449 | Sound-Modifying Device |
| 1025. | 08/06/14 | 08/10/14 | 04/08/19 | 1,299,693 | Storage Battery |
| 1026. | 08/26/14 | 08/27/14 | 07/13/15 | 1,146,414 | Method of Making Phonograph-Records |
| 1027. | 08/27/14 | 08/31/14 | 09/19/16 | 1,198,426 | Production of Electrode Elements |
| 1028. | 10/09/14 | 10/13/14 | 12/30/19 | 1,326,330 | Mold for Sound-Records |
| 1029. | 10/13/14 | 10/16/14 | 05/21/18 | 1,266,779 | Electric Safety-Lantern |
| 1030. | 08/21/15 | 08/26/15 | 06/01/20 | 1,342,326 | Composition of Matter for Sound-Records or the Like and Process of Making the Same |
| 1031. | 12/08/15 | 12/13/15 | 01/04/21 | 1,364,358 | Battery-Tray |
| 1032. | 01/11/16 | 01/24/16 | 03/11/19 | 1,297,294 | Projectile |
| 1033. | 01/12/16 | 01/17/16 | 11/25/19 | 1,323,218 | Method and Means for Improving the Rendition of Musical Compositions |
| 1034. | 02/04/16 | 02/12/16 | 04/15/19 | 1,300,709 | Projectile |
| 1035. | 02/05/16 | 02/12/16 | 04/15/19 | 1,300,708 | Projectile |
| 1036. | 03/04/16 | 03/06/16 | 08/05/19 | 1,311,955 | Tube Filling and Tamping Machine |
| 1037. | 09/21/16 | 10/02/16 | 11/05/18 | 1,283,706 | Para-phenylene-di-amin Substance and Process Relating Thereto |
| 1038. | 01/16/17 | 01/18/17 | 12/30/19 | 1,326,854 | Apparatus for the Production of Concrete Structures |
| 1039. | 01/16/17 | 01/20/17 | 05/21/18 | 1,266,780 | Storage Battery |
| 1040. | 06/01/17 | 06/07/17 | 12/04/17 | 1,248,468 | Celluloid Record-Blank |
| 1041. | 06/26/17 | 06/29/17 | 01/21/19 | 1,292,277 | Swaging-Machine |
| 1042. | 10/23/18 | 10/26/18 | 08/08/22 | 1,425,183 | Transmitter |
| 1043. | 01/14/19 | 01/18/19 | 05/10/21 | 1,377,192 | Production of Molded Articles |
| 1044. | 01/15/19 | 01/23/19 | 05/10/21 | 1,377,193 | Production of Molded Articles |
| 1045. | 04/24/19 | 04/30/19 | 04/04/22 | 1,411,425 | Production of Molded Articles |
| 1046. | 06/12/19 | 06/17/19 | 03/15/21 | 1,371,414 | Nickel-Plating |
| 1047. | 06/18/19 | 06/21/19 | 11/23/20 | 1,359,972 | Electroplating |
| 1048. | 06/24/19 | 07/03/19 | 02/22/21 | 1,369,271 | Cleaning of Metallic Surfaces |
| 1049. | 06/25/19 | 07/03/19 | 05/23/22 | 1,417,463 | Mold |
| 1050. | 08/01/19 | 08/05/19 | 02/22/21 | 1,369,272 | Process of Molding |
| 1051. | 08/28/19 | 09/05/19 | 01/10/22 | 1,402,751 | Storage-Battery Electrode and the Production of Same |
| 1052. | 09/13/19 | 09/16/19 | 05/24/21 | 1,379,088 | Storage Battery |
| 1053. | 09/24/19 | 09/29/19 | 01/04/21 | 1,364,359 | Protecting-Varnish for Electrodes of Electrolytic Cells |
| 1054. | 09/30/19 | 10/04/19 | 05/24/21 | 1,379,089 | Production of Thin Metallic Sheets or Foils |
| 1055. | 11/03/19 | 11/06/19 | 08/02/21 | 1,386,095 | Electrode Element for Galvanic Batteries and Method of Producing ame |
| 1056. | 11/28/19 | 12/02/19 | 03/21/22 | 1,410,391 | Protective Coating for Steel and Iron |
| 1057. | 12/09/19 | 12/11/19 | 08/08/22 | 1,425,458 | Stylus Mounting |
| 1058. | 12/09/19 | 12/11/19 | 05/29/23 | 1,456,687 | Stylus Mounting |
| 1059. | 06/14/20 | 06/16/20 | 05/10/21 | 1,377,194 | Storage Battery |
| 1060. | 07/08/20 | 07/16/20 | 05/23/22 | 1,417,464 | Production of Thin Metal Sheets or Foils |
| 1061. | 08/23/20 | 08/26/20 | 08/08/22 | 1,425,184 | Production of Thin Metal Sheets or Foils |
| 1062. | 12/31/20 | 01/05/21 | 04/08/24 | 1,489,240 | Voltaic Battery and the Production of Electrode Elements Therefor |
| 1063. | 09/26/21 | 09/28/21 | 04/01/24 | 1,488,480 | Regeneration of Alkaline Storage-Battery Elements |
| 1064. | 02/08/22 | 02/11/22 | 04/29/24 | 1,492,023 | Sound Record |
| 1065. | 04/25/22 | 04/26/22 | 04/01/24 | 1,488,481 | Regeneration of Storage-Battery Elements |
| 1066. | 06/23/22 | 06/28/22 | 07/24/28 | 1,678,246 | Production of Alkali-Metal Compounds from Silicates Containing Them |
| 1067. | 02/05/23 | 02/08/23 | 05/27/24 | 1,495,580 | Method of Producing Chlorinated Rubber |
| 1068. | 05/11/23 | 05/14/23 | 11/29/27 | 1,651,196 | Storage Battery |
| 1069. | 05/23/23 | 05/25/23 | 07/21/25 | 1,546,573 | Production of Disk Phonograph Records |
| 1070. | 05/23/23 | 05/25/23 | 11/03/25 | 1,559,562 | Storage Battery |
| 1071. | 06/28/23 | 07/06/23 | 09/21/26 | 1,600,722 | Mounting for Diamonds and the Like |
| 1072. | 11/12/23 | 11/14/23 | 05/11/26 | 1,583,783 | Centrifugal Speed Governor |
| 1073. | 02/20/24 | 02/26/24 | 09/07/26 | 1,599,121 | Production of Depolarizing Agent for Voltaic Battery |
| 1074. | 02/25/24 | 03/12/24 | 02/17/25 | 1,526,326 | Storage Battery |
| 1075. | 10/15/24 | 10/17/24 | 12/16/24 | 66,227 | Design for a Grille for Phonograph Cabinets |
| 1076. | 10/15/24 | 10/17/24 | 12/16/24 | 66,228 | Design for a Grille for Phonograph Cabinets |
| 1077. | 10/15/24 | 10/17/24 | 12/22/25 | 69,068 | Design for a Phonograph Cabinet |
| 1078. | 10/15/24 | 10/17/24 | 03/16/26 | 69,688 | Design for a Phonograph Cabinet |
| 1079. | 10/15/24 | 10/17/24 | 03/16/26 | 69,689 | Design for a Phonograph Cabinet |
| 1080. | 01/29/25 | 01/31/25 | 10/11/27 | 1,644,670 | Cabinet |
| 1081. | 02/02/25 | 02/13/25 | 02/19/29 | 1,702,935 | Receiving Apparatus for Radio and Telephone Circuits |
| 1082. | 04/28/25 | 04/30/25 | 01/21/30 | 1,744,533 | Mounting for Diaphragms of Sound Boxes |
| 1083. | 07/17/25 | 07/24/25 | 11/15/27 | 1,649,579 | Storage-Battery Electrode Element and Production Thereof |
| 1084. | 01/25/26 | 01/29/26 | 01/21/30 | 1,744,534 | Production of Molded Articles |
| 1085. | 02/01/26 | 02/10/26 | 04/30/29 | 1,711,265 | Phonograph Reproducer |
| 1086. | 02/01/26 | 02/13/26 | 04/09/29 | 1,708,692 | Phonograph |
| 1087. | 08/13/26 | 08/14/26 | 12/15/31 | 1,836,066 | Electroplating Apparatus |
| 1088. | 10/01/26 | 10/05/26 | 11/06/28 | 1,690,159 | Method of Producing Sound-Record Tablets |
| 1089. | 10/11/27 | 10/12/27 | 08/06/29 | 1,723,609 | Apparatus for Producing Storage-Battery Electrode Elements |
| 1090. | 11/25/27 | 11/30/27 | 12/17/29 | 1,740,079 | Extraction of Rubber from Plants |
| 1091. | 10/04/28 | 10/06/28 | 06/14/32 | 1,862,740 | Production of Molded Articles |
| 1092. | 12/13/28 | 12/15/28 | 11/03/31 | 1,829,856 | Dynamo-Electric Machine |
| 1093. | 01/06/31 | 01/09/31 | 05/16/33 | 1,908,830 | Holder for Article to be Electroplated |
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