Patent Drawing for the Duryea Road Vehicle
6/11/1895
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A patent protects the work of the inventor by excluding others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention. This patent was granted to Charles Duryea on June 11, 1895, for "Improvements in Road-Vehicles" which he and his brother Frank had developed. The Duryeas produced the first successful American gasoline-powered automobile and later went on to help found the Duryea Motor Wagon Company, which produced 13 automobiles in 1896.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Patent and Trademark Office.
National Archives Identifier: 592997
Full Citation: Patent Drawing for the Duryea Road Vehicle; 6/11/1895; Patent Number 540,648; Patent Case Files, 1/1/1836 - 12/31/1978; Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, Record Group 241; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/patent-drawing-for-the-duryea-road-vehicle, January 24, 2025]Activities that use this document
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