List of lightning rod patents

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Below is a list of lightning rod patents (or lightning protector patents). These lightning rod patents describe devices that are part of lightning safety to protect tall or isolated structures (such as the roof of a building or the mast of a vessel) from lightning damage. These include patents on lightning finials, air terminals, lightning conductors, lightning arrester, or lightning discharger; also, lightning protection system patents in general are included. The United States Patent Office labels "Lightning protectors" in Class 174 (Electricity: conductors and insulators), Subclass 2 (Lightning protectors) and Subclass 3 (Rods).

1 Patents
- 1.1 Original
- 1.2 Reissued
2 See also

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U.S. Patent Documents

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U.S. Patent 0,001,096 – Lightning rod
U.S. Patent 0,002,056 – Improvement in the mode of connecting the rods of lightning-conductors
U.S. Patent 0,002,284 – Improvement in the mode of attaching the receiving and discharging points of lightning- conductors
U.S. Patent 0,004,807 – Improvement in lightning-conductors
U.S. Patent 0,020,877 – Haskins, "Protecting vessels from lightning"
U.S. Patent 0,029,398 – Patterson, "Lightning rod"
U.S. Patent 0,075,492 – Varley, "Telegraph pole"
U.S. Patent 0,084,210 – Munson, "Lightning rod"
U.S. Patent 0,011,217 – Forbes , "Lightning rod". Jul., 1854.
U.S. Patent 0,367,435 – O'Brien, "Lightning arrestor for the protection of oil tanks"
U.S. Patent 0,911,260 – Pennock, "Apparatus for collecting atmospheric electricity"
U.S. Patent 0,916,306 – Hall, "Lightning conductor a and anti-hummer"
U.S. Patent 0,938,137 – Goetz, "Lightning Rod"
U.S. Patent 1,266,175 – Tesla, "Lightning-Protector"
U.S. Patent 1,553,087 – Lightning Protection for aircraft
U.S. Patent 1,617,788 – Baldwin, "Device for the preventing electrical ignition of stored inflammable fluids"
U.S. Patent 1,678,539 – Ticehurst, "Oil reserve safety appliance"
U.S. Patent 1,743,526 – Cage, "Lightning protector"
U.S. Patent 1,763,835 – Upson, "Airship"
U.S. Patent 1,869,661 – Bumbraugh, "Lightning protection system and method".
U.S. Patent 1,916,335 – Schaeffer, "System for the preventing electrical ignition of reservoir stored flammables"
U.S. Patent 2,102,410 – Fyler, "Antenna system"
U.S. Patent 2,497,924 – Beach, "Elimination of static electricity from aircraft"
U.S. Patent 3,034,020 – Benkoczy, "Static discharger"
U.S. Patent 2,623,918 – Hartwell, "Bonding device for ightning protection"
U.S. Patent 3,371,144 – Griscom, "Transmission-line lightning-proofing structures"
U.S. Patent 3,428,270 – "Lightning conductors in aircraft"
U.S. Patent 3,906,308 – Amason, "Aircraft lightning protection system"
U.S. Patent 3,989,984 – Amason, "Aircraft lightning protection means"
U.S. Patent 4,017,767 – Ball, "Laser lightning rod system"
U.S. Patent 4,180,698 – Carpenter, Jr., "System and equipment for atmospherics conditioning"
U.S. Patent 4,605,814 – Gillem "Lightning deterrent"
U.S. Patent 4,698,723 – The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, "Lightning discharge protection rod"
U.S. Patent 4,910,636 – Sadler, "Static electricity dissipator".
U.S. Patent 4,926,284 – Eugenio, "Lightning protection device for interacting with leader stroke to prevent return stroke".
U.S. Patent 5,036,785 – Kittredge, Jr., "Lightning protection installation on a boat"
U.S. Patent 5,365,398 – Briet, "Lightning protection system
U.S. Patent 5,542,624 – Smith, "Lightning strike protection " (ed., for aircraft)
U.S. Patent 5,570,265 – Smith, "Static dischargers for aircraft"
U.S. Patent 6,474,595 – Herman, "Electrical energy depletion/collection system". November 5, 2002. (Aeronautics, Lightning arresters and static eliminators; Safety and protection of systems and devices, High voltage dissipation (e.g., lightning arrester))
U.S. Patent 6,657,120 – Smith, "Lightning shelters"
U.S. Patent 6,708,638 – Thomson, "Method and apparatus for lightning protection" (ed., for boats)
U.S. Patent 6,875,915 – Chung, "Lightning arrester"