# Shockley William — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Shockley William has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [The Invention of the Junction Transistor](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/2569347/junction-transistor) — granted 1951
  William Shockley's 1951 patent for the junction transistor, the fundamental building block of all modern digital electronics.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/shockley-william

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_Source: PatentBrief — https://patentbrief.org. Plain-English explanations of US patents._