1,085
The number of patents granted to L l Wood that broke Thomas Edison’s 82-year record for American inventors. According to Intellectual Ventures, Wood— who turns 75 this year—not only broke
the record last summer, at that point he was named as inventor or co-inventor on at least a couple thousand more U.S. patent applications. As of last year, the former struggling student averaged one new U.S. patent granted per day
