So How Many Tesla Patents Are There?

[nationalize the fed]

1. almost half the patents for batteries

no wonder he's a "fool cell" basher

...Hidden among the patents announcement was Musk's comments on automakers' use of fuel cells, which use the reaction from combining hydrogen with oxygen to generate electricity.

"I don't think fuel cells are a viable path," he said. "Even the best theoretical fuel cell doesn't compete with batteries. It doesn't seem like the right move."

This is a weighty statement to make. Confronted with rising costs and flagging sales, major automakers have been ramping up fuel cell production while winding down their battery-powered vehicles. Chrysler-Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne recently implored an audience not to buy any more of the firm's battery-powered 500e car because the company loses too much money on them. Hyundai is expanding its fuel-cell fleet. And Toyota just rolled up its contract for Tesla components.
http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-versus-fuel-cells-2014-6

Surely timing his patent announcement during the week that the very first mass produced fuel cell electric vehicle in history was delivered is just a coincidence. Because he's just in the whole thing for humanity's sake.

Graphic by Reed Jessen

Reed Jessen is a patent analyst interested in the intersection of Business, Technology, and the Law. I write about the ebb and flow of Intellectual Property as an asset class and try to help my readers understand the implications of changes in the marketplace. http://www.preferredembodiment.com/blog/the-real-reason-tesla-opened-its-patent-portfolio

If a battery breakthrough (unrelated to fuel cells) happens how many of the 104 are worthless? Like a patent on a new kind of vacuum tube?