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Inventor

Percy L Spencer

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1

Year range

1950

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1950

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1

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1950

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consumer_electronicsmechanical

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1950s
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1 patents, in 1950

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US 2495429·1950·Raytheon Manufacturing Co

How Percy Spencer Invented the Microwave Oven

This 1945 patent describes the process of using concentrated microwave energy to cook food, the fundamental technology behind the modern microwave oven.

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