Existing comment:
Gasoline automobile patent model
amended patent issued 1895
filed by George Selden in 1879
George Selden filed a patent application for the general concept of a self-propelled vehicle in 1879 and submitted this model. He delayed issue of the patent until 1895, when he recognized that an American automobile manufacturing industry was beginning. Selden imposed royalties on the use of the gasoline engine, and only lost control over auto manufacturers when Henry Ford won a court decision in 1911. |