Patent Puzzler

The answer to last weeks magic Patent Puzzler is that Houdini patented a Scuba Suit.

This week, an unexpected result. Thomas Midgley Jr. worked for a company that eventually owned a patent for tetraethyllead. The reason for the patent is that the compound ethylene could not be patented. Tetraethyllead was used for many years in gasoline as an anti-knock agent.

What company eventually owned the patent?

A) Hess Oil

B) Standard Oil

C) John Deere Company

D) General Motors