# John J. Hopfield — Patents explained on PatentBrief

John J. Hopfield has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Hopfield Networks Use Resistors to Mimic Brain-Like Memory](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/4660166/electronic-network-for-collective-decision-based-on-large-number-of-connections-between-signals) — granted 1987
  A foundational patent describing an electronic circuit that uses a grid of resistors to perform computations, effectively creating an artificial neural network that can store and recall patterns.

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