George B. Selden was an American patent lawyer and inventor who filed for a patent on an improved road engine in 1879 and was granted it in 1895, one of the earliest United States patents covering an automobile. He used the patent to seek royalties from automobile manufacturers in an eight-year legal battle, winning an initial court victory that Henry Ford overturned on appeal in 1911 on technical grounds. His company shifted to truck production afterward, and he collected several hundred thousand dollars in royalties over his life. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Selden filed for a patent on an improved road engine in 1879 and was granted it in 1895, one of the earliest United States patents covering an automobile. He used it to seek royalties from automobile manufacturers and won an initial court victory in an eight-year legal battle, but Henry Ford overturned that result on appeal in 1911 on technical grounds. Selden's company then moved into truck production, and he collected several hundred thousand dollars in royalties over his life.
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George Baldwin Selden (September 14, 1846 – January 17, 1922) was an American patent lawyer and inventor from New York who was granted a U.S.
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1846-09-14
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1922-01-17
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September 14, 1846
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January 17, 1922
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American patent lawyer and inventor
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George Baldwin Selden (September 14, 1846, January 17, 1922) was an American patent lawyer and inventor from New York who was granted a U.S. patent for an automobile in 1895.
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George Baldwin Selden (September 14, 1846, January 17, 1922) was an American patent lawyer and inventor from New York who was granted a U.S. patent for an automobile in 1895.
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