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May 8, 2024 · 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.
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.”
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May 8, 2018 · A few years before European automotive pioneers such as Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler introduced their own versions of the “horseless carriage,” a lawyer and inventor from Rochester, New York, named George B. Selden filed the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
Mar 24, 2024 · George Baldwin Selden was born on September 14, 1846, in Clarkson, New York. He grew up in a family of inventors, with his father and grandfather both being skilled craftsmen. From a young age, Selden showed a keen interest in mechanics and engineering.
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.
The Selden Patent Lawsuit Collection contains documents, correspondence, and financial reports relating to George B. Selden's patent for road vehicles and the Electric Vehicle Company v. Ford lawsuit.
Nov 5, 2007 · After selling his patent rights in 1899 to the Electric Vehicle Company in exchange for a piece of the action, Selden and EVC found themselves suing Henry Ford and several other automobile...
