US patent reference/doc
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< Template:US patent reference This is a documentation subpage for Template:US patent reference (see that page for the template itself). It contains usage information, categories, interlanguage links and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template is mostly for inclusion in the "References" section of article, giving detailed description of US patent: the inventor, title, and link to find full text in US patent office database.
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Usage
{{US patent reference | number = | y = | m = | d = | inventor = | title = }}
- number is a patent number, without leading "US" letters, but with leading "D" letter if patent number contains it, and is required.
- y, m, d is a year, month and day of issuing, and are required. Four digits are required for the year, and two for the month and day even if the first digit is zero.
- inventor is a name of inventor, and is required; it can be a wiki-link, of course.
- title is a full title of patent, as recorded in patents database, and is required.
Sample rendering
{{US patent reference | number = 5285709 | y = 1994 | m = 02 | d = 15 | inventor = John D. Grant | title = Machine head for tuning a stringed instrument, especially a guitar or the like }}
US5,285,709 (1994-02-15) John D. Grant, Machine head for tuning a stringed instrument, especially a guitar or the like.
Preferably, after inclusion of this template in "references", one should give less formal and more reader-friendly explanation of what this patent is all about.
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See also
Please, take note of other templates that may be applicable for other uses (i.e. in-line inclusion):
- {{Citation/patent}}
- {{Cite patent}}, creates links to US and other patents on the espacenet database
- {{Citeref patent}}, for an inline citations to a patent bibliography
- {{EPO Application}}, to include a link to the European Patent Application entry of a European patent application
- {{EPO Register}}, to include a link to the European Patent Register entry of a European patent or patent application
- {{Patent}}, a generic template for general use referring to world's patent offices
- {{Ref patent}}, similar to {{US patent reference}}, but using espacenet with more details than {{Cite patent}}
- {{US patent}}, to include a link to a US patent
- {{US patent application}}, to cite a US patent application as a reference in "references" section
- {{US patent reference}}, to cite a US patent as a reference in "references" section
- {{USPTO Application}}
- {{USPTO Patent}}