# Joseph F. Glidden — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Joseph F. Glidden has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Joseph Glidden Invented Modern Barbed Wire](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/157124/barbed-wire-glidden) — granted 1874
  A 1874 patent for a specific wire-fence design that used twisted strands to hold sharp barbs in place, fundamentally changing how the American West was fenced.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/joseph-f-glidden

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