Usage
This template is designed for simple citation of patents. Parameters are passed numerically:
- The prefix of the organization publishing the patent, examples are
- US: U.S. Patent Office
- EP: European Patent Organisation (under the European Patent Convention)
- WO: World Intellectual Property Organization (under the United Nations)
- DE: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
- The patent or patent application number (no punctuation is allowed at this time)
- string "application" (optional third parameter)
- Patent publication data such as author name and title (this does not affect the generated URL)
The output is the patent number, and a link pointing to a permalink for the patent chosen. This output should be enclosed within reference tags (<ref> and </ref>) in the same way as Template:Cite journal.
Note that patent application numbers are generally different from patent numbers. If you need this, please use the Template:Cite patent template with the optional application parameter.
Examples:
((patent|US|6556992))results in
((patent|US|6556992|"Method and system for rating patents and other intangible assets."))results in
- US 6556992 "Method and system for rating patents and other intangible assets."
((patent|DE|19734511|application|B. Kämmerer, C, Maggioni, H. Röttger/SIEMENS AG: "Kommunikationseinrichtung" filing date 08.08.1997))results in
- DE application 19734511 B. Kämmerer, C, Maggioni, H. Röttger/SIEMENS AG: "Kommunikationseinrichtung" filing date 08.08.1997
((patent|DE|19734511|application))results in
See also
- ((Cite patent)), creates links to US and other patents on the espacenet database
- ((Citeref patent)), for an inline citations to a patent bibliography
- ((EPO Register)), to include a link to the European Patent Register entry of a European patent or patent application
- ((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))