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Thomas A. Edison Papers

The following list contains the 199 patents Edison received concerning phonographs and sound recording. 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.ExecutedAppliedIssuedPatentNo.Title
142. 12/15/77 12/24/77 02/19/78 200,521 Phonograph or Speaking Machines
144. 02/28/78 03/04/78 03/26/78 201,760 Speaking-Machines
161. 03/19/79 03/29/79 05/18/80 227,679 Phonograph
575. 11/22/87 11/26/87 05/08/88 382,414 Burnishing Attachment for Phonographs
576. 11/22/87 11/26/87 07/31/88 386,974 Phonograph
577. 11/22/87 11/26/87 06/17/90 430,570 Phonogram-Blank
578. 11/29/87 01/05/88 05/08/88 382,416 Feed and Return Mechanism for Phonographs
580. 12/05/87 01/05/88 05/08/88 382,462 Phonogram-Blank
581. 01/17/88 01/30/88 10/18/92 484,582 Duplicating Phonograms
584. 01/30/88 02/04/88 05/08/88 382,417 Process of Making Phonogram-Blanks
586. 02/20/88 03/02/88 05/08/88 382,418 Phonogram-Blank
588. 02/20/88 03/02/88 12/04/88 394,105 Phonograph-Recorder
589. 02/20/88 03/02/88 12/04/88 394,106 Phonograph-Reproducer
590. 03/03/88 03/08/88 05/08/88 382,419 Process of Duplicating Phonograms
593. 04/28/88 05/07/88 11/27/88 393,462 Process of Making Phonogram-Blanks
594. 04/28/88 05/07/88 11/27/88 393,463 Machine for Making Phonogram-Blanks
595. 04/28/88 05/07/88 11/27/88 393,464 Machine for Making Phonogram-Blanks
598. 05/22/88 06/07/88 04/02/89 400,646 Phonograph Recorder and Reproducer
599. 05/22/88 06/07/88 12/20/92 488,190 Phonograph-Reproducer
600. 05/26/88 05/29/88 12/20/92 488,189 Phonograph
602. 06/30/88 07/07/88 11/27/88 393,465 Method of Preparing Phonograph Recording-Surfaces
603. 06/30/88 07/07/88 04/02/89 400,647 Phonograph
604. 06/30/88 07/07/88 03/24/91 448,780 Device for Turning Off Phonogram-Blanks
605. 07/14/88 07/17/88 11/27/88 393,466 Phonograph-Recorder
606. 07/14/88 07/17/88 12/04/88 393,966 Method of Recording and Reproducing Sounds
607. 07/14/88 07/17/88 12/04/88 393,967 Method of Recording and Reproducing Sounds
608. 07/14/88 07/17/88 09/30/90 437,423 Phonograph
609. 07/14/88 07/17/88 04/21/91 450,740 Phonograph-Recorder
611. 07/14/88 07/30/88 06/17/90 430,274 Phonogram-Blank
612. 07/16/88 07/30/88 03/24/91 448,781 Turning-Off Device for Phonographs
613. 07/27/88 07/30/88 04/02/89 400,648 Phonogram-Blank
614. 07/27/88 07/30/88 06/20/93 499,879 Phonograph
619. 09/19/88 09/27/88 02/05/89 397,280 Phonograph Recorder and Reproducer
620. 09/29/88 10/11/88 02/12/89 397,706 Phonograph
621. 09/29/88 10/11/88 04/02/89 400,649 Method of Making Phonogram-Blanks
622. 10/15/88 10/17/88 04/02/89 400,650 Method of Making Phonogram-Blanks
623. 10/15/88 10/17/88 07/09/89 406,568 Phonograph
624. 10/15/88 10/17/88 09/30/90 437,424 Phonograph
625. 10/31/88 11/05/88 12/04/88 393,968 Phonograph-Recorder
626. 01/10/89 01/19/89 07/09/89 406,569 Phonogram-Blank
627. 01/10/89 01/19/89 12/20/92 488,191 Phonogram-Blank
628. 01/12/89 01/15/89 06/17/90 430,276 Phonograph
629. 02/01/89 02/11/89 07/09/89 406,570 Phonograph
630. 02/01/89 02/11/89 07/09/89 406,571 Process of Treating Phonogram-Blanks
631. 02/01/89 02/11/89 07/09/89 406,572 Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
632. 02/01/89 02/11/89 07/09/89 406,573 Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
633. 02/01/89 02/11/89 07/09/89 406,574 Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
634. 02/01/89 02/11/89 07/09/89 406,575 Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
635. 02/01/89 02/11/89 06/17/90 430,277 Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
636. 02/01/89 02/11/89 09/30/90 437,425 Phonograph-Recorder
637. 02/01/89 02/16/89 07/09/89 406,576 Phonogram-Blank
638. 03/22/89 03/25/89 11/12/89 414,759 Phonogram-Blank
640. 03/22/89 03/30/89 11/12/89 414,760 Phonograph
641. 04/08/89 04/10/89 06/17/90 430,278 Phonograph
643. 06/15/89 07/02/89 03/11/90 423,039 Phonograph for Dolls or other Toys
644. 06/15/89 07/02/89 04/29/90 426,527 Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
647. 07/16/89 08/10/89 11/12/89 414,761 Phonogram-Blank
649. 07/20/89 08/10/89 09/30/90 437,426 Phonograph
650. 11/14/89 11/18/89 12/29/91 465,972 Phonograph
651. 12/11/89 12/27/89 12/30/90 443,507 Phonograph
652. 12/11/89 12/27/89 03/23/94 513,095 Phonograph
654. 02/08/90 02/17/90 09/30/90 437,427 Method of Making Phonogram-Blanks
659. 04/29/90 05/09/90 09/30/90 437,429 Phonogram-Blank
660. 05/06/90 05/24/90 06/30/91 454,941 Phonograph Recorder or Reproducer
662. 05/24/90 05/27/90 10/18/92 484,583 Phonograph Cutting-Tool
663. 05/24/90 05/27/90 10/18/92 484,584 Phonograph-Reproducer
665. 07/05/90 07/30/90 06/09/91 453,741 Phonograph
666. 07/05/90 07/30/90 06/30/91 454,942 Phonograph
667. 07/05/90 07/30/90 07/21/91 456,301 Phonograph-Doll
668. 07/05/90 07/30/90 10/18/92 484,585 Phonograph
669. 08/04/90 08/12/90 07/21/91 456,302 Phonograph
676. 10/27/90 11/21/90 06/27/93 500,280 Phonograph
677. 10/27/90 11/21/90 07/02/95 541,923 Phonograph
678. 11/17/90 11/21/90 08/11/91 457,344 Smoothing-Tool for Phonogram-Blanks
679. 11/17/90 11/21/90 09/29/91 460,123 Phonogram-Blank Carrier
680. 11/17/90 11/21/90 06/27/93 500,281 Phonograph
681. 11/17/90 12/03/90 07/02/95 541,924 Phonograph
682. 12/01/90 12/03/90 06/27/93 500,282 Phonograph
683. 12/01/90 12/03/90 01/12/97 575,151 Phonograph
684. 12/01/90 12/03/90 06/14/98 605,667 Phonograph
685. 12/01/90 12/03/90 09/13/98 610,706 Phonograph
686. 12/01/90 12/03/90 04/11/99 622,843 Phonograph
687. 12/06/90 12/15/90 08/16/98 609,268 Phonograph
690. 02/04/91 02/09/91 04/25/93 496,191 Phonograph
730. 05/22/93 05/24/93 01/23/94 513,097 Phonograph
734. 01/25/97 01/27/97 05/31/98 604,740 Governor for Motors
735. 01/25/97 01/27/97 07/19/98 607,588 Phonograph
746. 02/21/98 03/05/98 11/11/02 713,209 Process of Duplicating Phonograms
747. 03/21/98 03/24/98 07/01/02 703,774 Reproducer for Phonographs
757. 02/10/99 03/17/99 12/10/01 688,610 Phonograph Recording Apparatus
762. 09/12/99 09/21/99 06/26/00 652,457 Phonograph
763. 10/27/99 10/28/99 05/08/00 648,935 Apparatus for Duplicating Phonograph-Records
774. 04/30/00 05/03/00 08/07/00 655,480 Phonographic Reproducing Device
775. 04/30/00 05/04/00 09/11/00 657,527 Process of Making Metallic Duplicate Phonograph-Records
776. 04/30/00 05/08/00 02/05/01 667,202 Apparatus for Duplicating Phonograph-Records
777. 04/30/00 05/08/00 02/05/01 667,662 Process of Duplicating Phonograph-Records
778. 05/15/00 06/16/00 11/18/02 713,863 Process of Coating Phonograph-Records
781. 07/23/00 08/18/00 08/13/01 680,520 Process of Making Duplicate Phonograph-Records
783. 08/10/00 08/18/00 06/11/01 676,225 Phonographic Recording Apparatus
797. 10/24/01 11/08/01 07/29/02 705,829 Reproducer for Sound-Records
798. 10/24/01 11/08/01 09/25/06 831,606 Sound-Recording Apparatus
821. 01/30/03 02/11/03 05/23/05 790,351 Process of Duplicating Phonographic Records
827. 07/30/03 08/01/03 08/09/04 767,216 Apparatus for Vacuously Depositing Metals
832. 11/11/03 11/13/03 06/21/10 962,081 Apparatus for Recording Sounds
834. 11/16/03 11/18/03 12/21/09 943,664 Sound-Recording Apparatus
839. 06/24/04 06/29/04 10/03/05 800,800 Phonograph-Record and Method of Making the Same
849. 08/23/04 08/30/04 09/20/10 970,615 Method and Apparatus for Making Sound-Records
869. 04/28/05 04/29/05 12/25/06 839,372 Phonograph Record or Blank
871. 05/20/05 05/24/05 12/21/09 943,663 Horn for Talking-Machines
875. 09/14/05 09/15/05 12/19/11 1,012,250 Recording-Telephone
900. 12/28/06 01/03/07 07/12/10 964,221 Sound-Record
901. 12/28/06 01/03/07 04/30/12 1,024,839 Phonographic Recording-Stylus
902. 01/11/07 01/17/07 10/05/09 936,267 Feed Mechanism for Phonographs and Other Machines
907. 02/23/07 03/06/07 06/04/07 855,562 Diaphragm for Talking-Machines
908. 02/23/07 04/04/07 11/08/10 975,339 Process of Duplicating Talking-Machine Records
909. 02/25/07 03/16/07 11/16/09 939,992 Phonographic Recording and Reproducing Machine
910. 02/25/07 03/16/07 11/11/13 1,078,264 Phonographic Recording or Reproducing Apparatus
924. 02/04/08 02/08/08 05/16/16 1,182,897 Apparatus for Recording and Reproducing Motion and Sounds
926. 03/13/08 03/18/08 07/04/11 996,625 Phonograph-Reproducer
930. 03/13/08 03/23/08 11/08/10 975,340 Phonograph-Reproducer
936. 06/08/08 06/11/08 03/05/12 1,019,440 Phonograph-Reproducer
937. 06/08/08 06/11/08 12/03/12 1,046,159 Phonograph-Reproducer
941. 10/10/08 10/14/08 11/11/13 1,078,265 Process of Making Phonograph-Records
944. 12/21/08 12/29/08 03/19/12 1,020,485 Phonograph-Reproducer
948. 03/02/09 03/03/09 11/02/15 1,158,659 Phonograph-Record
949. 03/02/09 03/03/09 11/02/15 1,158,660 Phonograph-Record
950. 08/07/09 08/12/09 01/14/13 1,050,355 Phonograph
951. 09/08/09 09/13/09 02/22/10 40,527 Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet
952. 10/26/09 10/28/09 02/11/13 1,052,656 Phonograph-Reproducer
953. 10/26/09 10/28/09 06/09/14 1,099,346 Phonograph-Reproducer
954. 10/26/09 10/28/09 06/09/14 1,099,347 Phonograph-Reproducer
955. 10/28/09 10/29/09 06/09/14 1,099,348 Phonograph-Reproducer
956. 11/01/09 11/03/09 08/20/12 1,036,470 Phonographic Apparatus
957. 12/04/09 12/08/09 03/18/13 1,056,517 Means for Reproducing Sound
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
965. 05/31/10 06/02/10 12/03/12 1,046,414 Phonograph Determining Device
968. 06/07/10 06/09/10 01/26/15 1,126,428 Sound-Recording Apparatus
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
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
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
994. 06/20/11 06/22/11 03/02/15 1,130,156 Machine for Shaving Sound Records or Blanks
998. 12/19/11 12/20/11 07/13/15 1,146,413 Method of Producing Tablets for Sound-Records
1001. 01/02/12 01/06/12 06/09/14 1,099,349 Method of Making Sound-Record Molds
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
1012. 07/11/12 07/13/12 08/27/12 42,934 Design for a Cabinet
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
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
1026. 08/26/14 08/27/14 07/13/15 1,146,414 Method of Making Phonograph-Records
1028. 10/09/14 10/13/14 12/30/19 1,326,330 Mold for Sound-Records
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
1033. 01/12/16 01/17/16 11/25/19 1,323,218 Method and Means for Improving the Rendition of Musical Compositions
1037. 09/21/16 10/02/16 11/05/18 1,283,706 Para-phenylene-di-amin Substance and Process Relating Thereto
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
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
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
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
1064. 02/08/22 02/11/22 04/29/24 1,492,023 Sound Record
1069. 05/23/23 05/25/23 07/21/25 1,546,573 Production of Disk Phonograph Records
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
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
1082. 04/28/25 04/30/25 01/21/30 1,744,533 Mounting for Diaphragms of Sound Boxes
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
1091. 10/04/28 10/06/28 06/14/32 1,862,740 Production of Molded Articles
1093. 01/06/31 01/09/31 05/16/33 1,908,830 Holder for Article to be Electroplated

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