# Percy L Spencer — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Percy L Spencer has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Percy Spencer Invented the Microwave Oven](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/2495429/microwave-oven-cooking) — granted 1950
  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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