# Theremin Leo Ssergejewitsch — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Theremin Leo Ssergejewitsch has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How the Theremin Makes Music Without Touching Anything](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/1661058/theremin-leon-theremin) — granted 1928
  Leon Theremin's 1928 patent for an electronic musical instrument that generates sound based on the proximity of a performer's hands to metal antennas.

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