# Ananda M. Chakrabarty — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Ananda M. Chakrabarty has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Scientists Created Bacteria That Eat Oil Spills](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/4259444/chakrabarty-genetically-modified-bacteria) — granted 1981
  A 1981 patent for genetically engineered bacteria capable of breaking down multiple types of oil, which became the first living organism ever patented.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/ananda-m-chakrabarty

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