List of all Nikola Tesla patents.
No. Patent Year Country Date of Application Patent Title
USA1 334,823 1886 United States of America January 26, 1886 (Filed May 18, 1885) Commutator for Dynamo Electric Machines
USA2 335,786 1886 United States of America February 9, 1886 (Filed May 18, 1885) Electric Arc Lamp
USA3 335,787 1886 United States of America February 9, 1886 Electric Arc Lamp
USA4 336,961 1886 United States of America March 2, 1886 Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines
USA5 336,962 1886 United States of America March 2, 1886 Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines
USA6 350,954 1886 United States of America October 19, 1886 Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines
USA7 359,748 1887 United States of America March 22, 1887 Dynamo Electric Machine
USA8 381,968 1888 United States of America May 1, 1888 (Filed October 12, 1887) Electro Magnetic Motor
USA9 381,969 1888 United States of America May 1, 1888 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA10 381,97 1888 United States of America May 1, 1888 System of Electrical Distribution
USA11 382,279 1888 United States of America May 1, 1888 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA12 382,28 1888 United States of America May 1, 1888 Electrical Transmission of Power
USA13 382,281 1888 United States of America May 1, 1888 Electrical Transmission of Power
USA14 382,282 1888 Great Britain May 1, 1888 Method of Converting and Distributing Electric Currents
USA15 382,845 1888 United States of America May 15, 1888 Commutator for Dynamo Electric Machines
USA16 390,413 1888 United States of America October 2, 1888 System of Electrical Distribution
USA17 390,414 1888 United States of America October 2, 1888 Dynamo Electric Machine
USA18 390,415 1888 United States of America October 2, 1888 Dynamo Electric Machine or Motor
USA19 390,721 1888 United States of America October 9, 1888 Dynamo Electric Machine
USA20 390,82 1888 United States of America October 9, 1888 Regulator for Alternate Current Motors
USA21 396,121 1889 United States of America January 15, 1889 Thermo Magnetic Motor
USA22 401,52 1889 United States of America April 16, 1889 Method of Operating Electro Magnetic Motors
USA23 405,858 1889 United States of America June 25, 1889 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA24 405,859 1889 United States of America June 25, 1889 Method of Electrical Power Transmission
USA25 406,968 1889 United States of America July 16, 1889 Dynamo Electric Machine
USA26 413,353 1889 United States of America October 22, 1889 Method of Obtaining Direct from Alternating Currents
USA27 416,191 1889 United States of America December 3, 1889 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA28 416,192 1889 United States of America December 3, 1889 Method of Operating Electro Magnetic Motors
USA29 416,193 1889 United States of America December 3, 1889 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA30 416,194 1889 United States of America December 3, 1889 Electric Motor
USA31 416,195 1889 United States of America December 3, 1889 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA32 417,794 1889 United States of America December 24, 1889 Armature for Electric Machines
USA33 418,248 1889 United States of America December 31, 1889 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA34 424,036 1890 United States of America March 25, 1890 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA35 428,057 1890 United States of America May 13, 1890 Pyromagneto Electric Generator
USA36 433,7 1890 United States of America August 5, 1890 Alternating Current Electro Magnetic Motor
USA37 433,701 1890 United States of America August 5, 1890 Alternating Current Motor
USA38 433,702 1890 United States of America August 5, 1890 Electrical Transformer or Induction Device
USA39 433,703 1890 United States of America August 5, 1890 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA40 445,207 1891 United States of America January 27, 1891 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA41 447,92 1891 United States of America March 10, 1891 Method of Operating Arc Lamps
USA42 447,921 1891 United States of America March 10, 1891 Alternating Electric Current Generator
USA43 454,622 1891 United States of America June 23, 1891 System of Electric Lighting
USA44 455,067 1891 United States of America June 30, 1891 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA45 455,068 1891 United States of America June 30, 1891 Electrical Meter
USA46 455,069 1891 United States of America June 30, 1891 Electric Incandescent Lamp
USA47 459,772 1891 United States of America September 22, 1891 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA48 462,418 1891 United States of America November 3, 1891 Method of and Apparatus for Electrical Conversion and Distribution
USA49 464,666 1891 United States of America December 8, 1891 Electro Magnetic Motor
USA50 464,667 1891 United States of America December 8, 1891 Electrical Condenser
USA51 487,796 1892 United States of America December 13, 1892 System of Electrical Transmission of Power
USA52 511,559 1893 United States of America December 26, 1893 (Filed September 26, 1893) Electrical Transmission of Power
USA53 511,56 1893 United States of America December 26, 1893 (Filed September 26, 1893) System of Electrical Power Transmission
USA54 511,915 1894 United States of America January 2, 1894 Electrical Transmission of Power
USA55 511,916 1894 United States of America January 2, 1894 Electric Generator
USA56 512,34 1894 United States of America January 9, 1894 Coil for Electro Magnets
USA57 514,167 1894 United States of America February 6, 1894 Electrical Conductor
USA58 514,168 1894 United States of America February 6, 1894 Means for Generating Electric Currents
USA59 514,169 1894 United States of America February 6, 1894 Reciprocating Engine
USA60 514,17 1894 United States of America February 6, 1894 Incandescent Electric Light
USA61 514,972 1894 United States of America February 20, 1894 Electric Railway System
USA62 514,973 1894 United States of America February 20, 1894 Electrical Meter
USA63 517,9 1894 United States of America April 10, 1894 Steam Engine
USA64 524,426 1894 United States of America August 14, 1894 Electromagnetic Motor
USA65 555,19 1896 United States of America February 25, 1896 Alternating Motor
USA66 567,818 1896 United States of America September 15, 1896 Electrical Condenser
USA67 568,176 1896 United States of America September 22, 1896 Apparatus for Producing Electric Currents of High Frequency and Potential
USA68 568,177 1896 United States of America September 22, 1896 Apparatus for Producing Ozone
USA69 568,178 1896 United States of America September 22, 1896 Method of Regulating Apparatus for Producing Currents of High Frequency
USA70 568,179 1896 United States of America September 22, 1896 Method of and Apparatus for Producing Currents of High Frequency
USA71 568,18 1896 United States of America September 22, 1896 Apparatus for Producing Electrical Currents of High Frequency
USA72 577,67 1897 United States of America February 23, 1897 Apparatus for Producing Electric Currents of High Frequency
USA73 577,671 1897 United States of America February 23, 1897 Manufacture of Electrical Condensers, Coils and Similar Devices
USA74 583,953 1897 United States of America June 8, 1897 Apparatus for Producing Currents of High Frequency
USA75 593,138 1897 United States of America November 2, 1897 Electrical Transformer
USA76 609,245 1898 United States of America August 16, 1898 Electrical Circuit Controller
USA77 609,246 1898 United States of America August 16, 1898 Electric Circuit Controller
USA78 609,247 1898 United States of America August 16, 1898 Electric Circuit Controller
USA79 609,248 1898 United States of America August 16, 1898 Electric Circuit Controller
USA80 609,249 1898 United States of America August 16, 1898 Electric Circuit Controller
USA81 609,25 1898 United States of America August 16, 1898 (Filed February 17, 1897) Electrical Ignitor for Gas Engines
USA82 609,251 1896 United States of America August 16, 1898 Electric Circuit Controller
USA82 609,251 1898 United States of America August 16, 1898 Electric Circuit Controller
USA83 611,719 1898 United States of America October 4, 1898 Electrical Circuit Controller
USA84 613,735 1898 United States of America November 8, 1898 Electric Circuit Controller
USA85 613,809 1898 United States of America November 8, 1898 Method of and Apparatus for Controlling Mechanism of Moving Vessels or Vehicles
USA86 645,576 1900 United States of America March 20, 1900 (Filed September 2, 1897) System of Transmission of Electrical Energy
USA87 649,621 1900 United States of America May 15, 1900 (Filed September 2, 1897) Apparatus for Transmission of Electrical Energy
USA88 655,838 1900 United States of America August 14, 1900 Method of Insulating Electric Conductors
USA89 11,865 1900 United States of America October 23, 1900 Method of Insulating Electric Conductors
USA90 685,012 1901 October 22, 1901 Means for Increasing the Intensity of Electrical Oscillations
USA91 685,953 1901 United States of America November 5, 1901 Method of Intensifying and Utilizing Effects Transmitted Through Natural Media
USA92 685,954 1901 United States of America November 5, 1901 Method of Utilizing Effects Transmitted Through Natural Media
USA93 685,955 1901 United States of America November 5, 1901 Apparatus for Utilizing Effects Transmitted From a Distance to a Receiving Device Through Natural Media
USA94 685,956 1901 United States of America November 5, 1901 Apparatus for Utilizing Effects Transmitted Through Natural Media
USA95 685,957 1901 United States of America November 5, 1901 Apparatus for the Utilization of Radiant Energy
USA96 685,958 1901 United States of America November 5, 1901 Method of Utilizing Radiant Energy
USA97 723,188 1903 United States of America March 17, 1903 Method of Signaling
USA98 725,605 1903 United States of America April 14, 1903 System of Signaling
USA99 787,412 1905 United States of America April 18, 1905 Art of Transmitting Electrical Energy Through the Natural Mediums
USA100 1,061,142 1913 United States of America April 29, 1913 Fluid Propulsion
USA101 1,061,206 1913 United States of America May 6, 1913 Turbine
USA102 1,113,716 1914 United States of America October 13, 1914 Fountain
USA103 1,119,732 1914 United States of America December 1, 1914 Apparatus for Transmitting Electrical Energy
USA104 1,209,359 1916 United States of America December 19, 1916 Speed Indicator
USA105 1,266,175 1918 United States of America May 14, 1918 Lightning Protector
USA106 1,274,816 1918 United States of America August 6, 1918 Speed Indicator
USA107 1,314,718 1919 United States of America September 2, 1919 Ship’s Log
USA108 1,329,559 1920 United States of America February 3, 1920 Valvular Conduit
USA109 1,365,547 1921 United States of America January 11, 1921 Flow Meter
USA110 1,402,025 1922 United States of America January 3, 1922 Frequency Meter
USA111 1,655,113 1928 United States of America January 3, 1928 Method of Aerial Transportation
USA112 1,655,114 1928 United States of America January 3, 1928 Apparatus for Aerial Transportation
GB1 1877 1886 Great Britain February 9, 1886 Improvements in electric lamps
GB2 2975 1886 Great Britain March 2, 1886 Improvements in dynamo electric machines
GB3 6481 1888 Great Britain May 1, 1888 Improvements relating to the electrical transmission of power and to apparatus therefor
GB4 6502 1888 Great Britain May 1, 1888 Improvements relating to the generation and transmission of electrical currents and apparatus therefor
GB5 6527 1889 Great Britain April 16, 1889 Improvements relating to electro-motors
GB6 16709 1889 Great Britain October 22, 1889 Improvements relating to the conversion of alternating to direct electric currents
GB7 19420 1889 Great Britain December 3, 1889 Improvements in alternating current electro-magnetic motors
GB8 19426 1889 Great Britain December 3, 1889 Improvements in the construction and mode of operating alternating current motors
GB9 8575 1891 Great Britain May 19, 1891 Improved methods of and apparatus for generating and utilizing electric energy for lighting purposes
GB10 11473 1891 Great Britain July 6, 1891 Improvements in alternating current electro-magnetic motors
GB11 2801 1894 Great Britain February 8, 1894 Improvements in reciprocating engines and means for regulating the period of the same
GB12 2812 1894 Great Britain February 8, 1894 Improvements in methods of apparatus for the generation of electric currents of a defined period
GB13 20981 1896 Great Britain September 22, 1896 Improvements to the production, regulation and utilization of electric currents of high frequency, and apparatus therefor
GB14 24421 1897 Great Britain October 21, 1897 Improvements in systems for the transmission of electrical energy and apparatus for use therein
GB15 12866 1898 Great Britain June 8, 1898 Improvements in Electrical Circuit Controllers
GB16 26371 1898 Great Britain December 13, 1898 Improvements in the method of and apparatus for controlling the mechanism of floating vessels or moving vehicles
GB17 14550 1900 Great Britain August 14, 1900 Improvements relating to the insulation of electric conductors
GB18 11293 1901 Great Britain June 1, 1901 Improvements relating to the utilization of electromagnetic, light or other like radiations effects or disturbances transmitted through the natural media and to apparatus therefor
GB19 13563 1901 July 3, 1901 Improvements in, and relating to, the transmission of electrical energy
GB20 14579 1901 July 17, 1901 Improvements in and relating to the transmission of electrical energy
GB21 8200 1905 Great Britain April 17, 1905 Improvements relating to the Transmission of Electrical Energy
GB22 24001 1910 Great Britain October 17, 1910 Improved method of imparting energy to or deriving energy from a fluid and apparatus for use therein
GB23 174544 1921 Great Britain April 1, 1921 Improvements in methods of and apparatus for the generation of power by elastic fluid turbines
GB24 179043 1921 Great Britain March 24, 1921 Improved process and apparatus for production of high vacua
GB25 185446 1921 Great Britain April 1921, 1921 Method of and apparatus for aerial transportation
GB26 186082 1921 Great Britain March 24, 1921 Improvements in the construction of steam and gas turbines
GB27 186083 1921 Great Britain March 24, 1921 Improved method of and apparatus for the economic transportation of energy of steam turbines
GB28 186084 1921 Great Britain March 24, 1921 Improved process of and apparatus for deriving motive power from steam
GB29 186799 1921 Great Britain September 2, 1921 Process for and apparatus for balancing rotating machine parts
CND1 C24,033 1886 Canada April 27, 1886 Dynamo Electric Machine
CND2 C29,537 1888 Canada May 1, 1888 Method & App. for the Electrical Transmission of Power
CND3 C30,172 1888 Canada May 1, 1888 Method & App. for Converting & Distributing Electric Currents
CND4 C33,317 1889 Canada December 19. 1889 Method & App. for Converting Alternating into Direct Currents
CND5 C135,174 1911 Canada August 22, 1911 Fluid Propulsion
CND6 C142,352 1912 Canada August 13, 1912 Electrical Energy Transmission
NG0 0000 0000 Not Granted 0000 Nikola Tesla’s Patent Applications for Which Patents Were Not Granted
NG1 239,481 1887 Not Granted May 26, 1887 Method of and Apparatus for Generating Electric Currents
NG2 251,659 1887 Not Granted October 6, 1887 Electric Motors
NG3 251,66 1887 Not Granted October 6, 1887 Electric Generators
NG4 293,058 1888 Not Granted December 8, 1888 Apparatus for Increasing Traction of Car Wheels
NG5 387,722 1891 Not Granted April 6, 1891 Electrical Meters
NG6 399,948 1891 Not Granted July 18, 1891 Electric Lighting Devices
NG7 482,63 1893 Not Granted August 7, 1893 Armatures
NG8 485,865 1893 Not Granted September 19, 1893 Armatures for Alternating Current Motors
NG9 495,347 1894 Not Granted January 3, 1894 Reciprocating Engines
NG10 501,008 1894 Not Granted February 21, 1894 Reciprocating Engines
NG11 579,448 1896 Not Granted February 15, 1896 Method of Removing Gaseous Matter from Closed Receptacles
NG12 17,612 1900 Not Granted May 23, 1900 Industrial Utilization of Water for Heating Purposes
NG13 43,368 1901 Not Granted January 15,1901 Art of Transmitting Electrical Energy Through the Natural Media
NG14 213,055 1904 Not Granted June 17, 1904 Production and Application of Electric Force
NG15 256,022 1905 Not Granted April 17, 1905 Methods of and Apparatus for Transmission of Electrical Energy
NG16 678,817 1912 Not Granted February 20,1912 Method of Deriving Energy from Fluids
NG17 735,914 1912 Not Granted December 10, 1912 Method for Fluid Propulsion
NG18 81,768 1916 Not Granted March 3, 1916 Transmission of Electrical Energy Through the Natural Media
NG19 91,679 1916 Not Granted April 17, 1916 System of Wireless Transmission
NG20 277,13 1919 Not Granted February 15, 1919 Transmission of Electrical Energy through Natural Media
NG21 499,52 1921 Not Granted September 9, 1921 Construction of Steam and Gas Turbines
NG22 533,524 1922 Not Granted February 2, 1922 Method of and Apparatus for Thermo-Dynamic Transformation of Energy
NG23 533,525 1922 Not Granted February 2, 1922 Method and Apparatus for Fluid Propulsion
NG24 546,037 1922 Not Granted March 23, 1922 Method of and Apparatus for Balancing Rotating Machine Parts
NG25 546,038 1922 Not Granted March 23, 1922 Method of and Apparatus for Production of High Vacua
NG26 546,039 1922 Not Granted March 23, 1922 Method of and Apparatus for Deriving Motive Power From Steam
NG27 546,308 1922 Not Granted March 24, 1922 Method of and Apparatus for Economic Transformation of the Energy of Steam by Turbines
NG28 548,233 1922 Not Granted March 30, 1922 Apparatus for the Generation of Power by Elastic Fluid Turbines
NG29 548,234 1922 Not Granted March 30, 1922 Methods of Generating of Power by Elastic Fluid Turbines
NG30 645,568 1923 Not Granted June 15, 1923 Process of Treating and Transporting Sulfur
NG31 645,569 1923 Not Granted June 15, 1923 Apparatus for Treating and Transporting Sulfur
NG32 244,345 1928 Not Granted January 3, 1928 Economic Method of Operating Automobiles and the Like
NG33 244,346 1928 Not Granted January 3, 1928 Apparatus for Operating Automobiles and the Like

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