In 1924 this U.S. company acquired all the Zeppelin patents
[DOC] [TLE] Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company - Wikipedia [PAR] The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire 
manufacturing .... On November 20, 1986, Goodyear acquired all of the 
12,549,400 shares of stock ... 1924: Zeppelin patents acquired, joint venture 
Goodyear-Zeppelin... [DOC] [TLE] Zeppelin - Wikipedia [PAR] A Zeppelin was a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand 
von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 
20th century.