# Loren Brichter — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Loren Brichter has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Pull-to-Refresh Works on Your Smartphone](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8448084/pull-to-refresh-gesture) — granted 2013
  This patent describes the 'pull-to-refresh' gesture that lets users update a list of content, like a social media feed, by dragging down until a trigger appears and then releasing.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/loren-brichter

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