Template:US patent reference
This template is mostly for inclusion in the "References" section of article, giving detailed description of U.S. patent: the inventor, title, and link to find full text in US patent office database.
Usage[change source]
{{US patent reference
| number =
| y =
| m =
| d =
| inventor =
| title =
}}
- number (required) is a patent number, without leading "US" letters, but with leading "D" letter if patent number contains it, and is required.
- y, m, d (optional) are the year, month and day of issuing (granting). Four digits are required for the year, and two for the month and day even if the first digit is zero.
- inventor (optional) is a name of inventor; it can be a wiki-link, of course.
- title (optional) is the title of the patent.
Sample rendering[change source]
{{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
}}
US patent 5285709, John D. Grant, "Machine head for tuning a stringed instrument, especially a guitar or the like", issued 1994-02-15
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.
COinS[change source]
This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.
See also[change source]
Other templates that may be applicable for other uses (i.e. in-line inclusion) include:
- {{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}}