# Miramontes Luis — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Miramontes Luis has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [The Chemical Discovery Behind the First Oral Contraceptive Pill](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/2744122/birth-control-pill-norethindrone) — granted 1956
  A 1952 patent for a synthetic hormone that became the active ingredient in the first effective oral contraceptive pill.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/miramontes-luis

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