From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._Selden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._Selden: He filed for a patent on May 8, 1879. His application include

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._Selden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._Selden: He filed for a patent on May 8, 1879. His application included not only the engine but its use in a 4 wheeled car. He then filed a series of amendments to his application which stretched out the legal process resulting in a delay of 16 years before the patent US 549160 was granted on November 5, 1895.