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1. automotivehistory.org › george-selden-automobileMay 8, 1879 - George Selden files US patent for the ...

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   May 8, 2024 · George B. Selden driving an automobile in 1905. When patent lawyer George B. Selden first filed with the US Patent Office for an internal combustion engine on May 8, 1879, it included the application of the device on a four wheel vehicle. Selden named it the Road Engine. He developed this idea some eight years before the introduction of the ...

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3. www.edn.com › george-selden-granted-1st-us-patentGeorge Selden granted 1st US patent for an automobile ...

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   Nov 5, 2019 · George B Selden, a patent lawyer and inventor from Rochester, NY, was granted a US patent ( No. 549,160) in late 1895 for an “improved road engine” powered by a “liquid-hydrocarbon engine of the compression type.”. Inspired by George Brayton’s internal-combustion engine that was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia ...

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   May 8, 2018 · It took Selden 16 years, five months, and 28 days before he was finally issued Patent No. 549,160 for his invention. Historians have attributed that long and tedious process to various legal technicalities and a steady stream of amendments to the original application by Selden. While these revisions were rooted in large part in Selden’s ...

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   When did George B Selden get his car patent?

   • Selden’s patent application, originally filed May 8, 1879, included not only the engine but also its use in a four-wheeled car. Several amendments to the application stretched out the process and delayed the granting of the patent until November 5, 1895. George B Selden (right) drives an early automobile in 1905.

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   What happened to George B Selden's patent?

   • George B Selden (right) drives an early automobile in 1905. In 1899, Selden sold his patent to the EVC (Electric Vehicle Company), which comprised a group of investors. They, in turn, sued the Winton Motor Carriage Company, the largest car manufacturer in the United States, for infringing on the Selden patent just by building gas-powered cars.

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   Why did Henry Ford appeal against the Selden patent?

   • Ford appealed, and on January 10, 1911, one year before the Selden patent was set to expire, won his case based on an argument that the engine used in automobiles was not based on George Brayton’s engine, the engine that Selden had improved, but on the Otto engine.

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   How long did it take Selden to get a patent?

   • It took Selden 16 years, five months, and 28 days before he was finally issued Patent No. 549,160 for his invention. Historians have attributed that long and tedious process to various legal technicalities and a steady stream of amendments to the original application by Selden.

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6. cr4.globalspec.com › blogentry › 3787November 5, 1895 - The First U.S. Patent for an Automobile

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   Nov 5, 2007 · George B. Selden September 14, 1846 8211 January 17, 1922 a lawyer and inventor was granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile on November 5, 1895. George B. Selden was...

7. carclarified.com › george-selden-the-forgottenGeorge Selden: The Forgotten Father of the Car Patent

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   Mar 24, 2024 · March 24, 2024March 25, 2024. George Selden is a name that is often overlooked in the history of the automobile industry. While many people credit Henry Ford as the father of the modern car, it was actually Selden who held the first patent for an automobile. His invention laid the foundation for the development of the automobile as we know it ...

8. americasbesthistory.com › abhtimeline1895m1895 Detail - First U.S. Patent for Automobile, The 1890's ...

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   Detail - 1895. November 5, 1895 - The first United States patent for the automobile, #549160, is granted to George B. Selden for his two stroke automobile engine. George B. Selden was a patent attorney who never built a car. He received his patent for an updated version liquid-hydrocarbon compression engine, essentially the four wheeled car ...

9. www.uh.edu › engines › epi207Selden's Automobile | The Engines of Our Ingenuity

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   George B. Selden filed the first patent for a combustion-powered automobile in 1879. Selden was a Civil War veteran. After the War he studied engineering at Yale, where the great American Scientist J. Willard Gibbs was one of his teachers. Selden had to drop out when his father died, so he studied law and passed the bar exam in 1871.