# Evan Spiegel — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Evan Spiegel has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Snapchat Stories Advance with a Tap](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8914752/apparatus-and-method-for-accelerated-display-of-ephemeral-messages) — granted 2014
  This patent describes how an electronic device can quickly show a series of short-lived messages, deleting the current one and showing the next in response to a simple screen tap.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/evan-spiegel

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