# Taher Elgamal — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Taher Elgamal has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Netscape Created the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for Web Security](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/5657390/secure-socket-layer-application-program-apparatus-and-method) — granted 1997
  Netscape's 1995 patent defining the architecture for SSL, the foundational technology that allows browsers to securely transmit encrypted data over the internet.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/taher-elgamal

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