Nikola Tesla was an inventor who obtained around 300 patents worldwide for his inventions. Some of Tesla's patents are not accounted for, and various sources have discovered some that have lain hidden in patent archives. There are a minimum of 278 patents issued to Tesla in 26 countries that have been accounted for. Many of Tesla's patents were in the United States, Britain, and Canada, but many other patents were approved in countries around the globe. Many inventions developed by Tesla were not put into patent protection.

American

Patents #1–#50

Patents #51–#100

Patents #101–#111

Reissued patent

Anomalies

In various patent logs, it is recorded Tesla applied for US patent #613819 for "Filings Tube" (such as Charles Henry Sewall's "Wireless Telegraphy" (New York, 1904)) but it does not seem to have been issued. The Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade archives have Tesla prepared material and drawings for patents that he never registered.

Other countries

The following is a list of other countries that hold known patents by Tesla. The number following the country is the number of known patents in their records. This is not an exhaustive list. The total number may be incomplete and additional countries still may hold patents unknown.

United Kingdom

Canada

France

Spain

Un-patented devices and projects

Devices and projects Tesla proposed and partially designed but did not patent.