Patent

Guglielmo Marconi got the patent for the radio. (TV: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror)

In 1903, Thomas Edison claimed to have a thousand patents in his name. After Edison became interested in Silurian blaster, he asked the Thirteenth Doctor who had the patent. (TV: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror)

Jimmy Deparis once robbed a patent office to get the schematics for an experimental bacterial spray. Mat Wyatt, a genius inventor, happened to be in the building, and Wyatt murdered him as part of his getaway. (COMIC: Dr. Who's Time Tales)

In 2012, Henry van Statten intended to patent the Ninth Doctor's binary vascular system. (TV: Dalek)