Template:US patent reference

Template documentation

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.

Usage

{{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

{{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

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

See also

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}}