Template:US patent reference

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US{{{number}}} (PDF version) ([[{{{y}}}-{{{m}}}-{{{d}}}]]) {{{inventor}}} {{{title}}} 

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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.

Contents

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 (PDF version) (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.

COinS

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.

See also

Please, take note of other templates that may be applicable for other uses (i.e. in-line inclusion):

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