# Thomas Alva Edison — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Thomas Alva Edison has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Thomas Edison Invented the Practical Incandescent Light Bulb](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/223898/edison-incandescent-lamp) — granted 1880
  Thomas Edison's 1880 patent for a carbon-filament electric lamp that made indoor lighting reliable and commercially viable for the first time.

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