Possible Clues:

• Noted holder of 1,093 U.S. patents
• Of whom Tesla quipped, "His method was inefficient in the extreme"
• Menlo Park 'wizard'
• Sid reflected inside a long time — did he have a light-bulb moment?
• Creator, one upset about Hades
• Inventor of a vote-recording machine
• His record for patents was surpassed by a Japanese inventor in 2003
• Inventive chap not one team rejected
• One who invented no end should be elevated
• DC champion