Template:US patent reference/sandbox
 | This is the template sandbox page for Template:US patent reference (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
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[edit]
{{US patent reference|number= |issue-date= |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.
- issue-date (optional) is the date of issuing (granting).
- 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[edit]
{{US patent reference
| number = 5285709
| issue-date = February 15, 1994
| 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 February 15, 1994
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[edit]
This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.
See also[edit]
Other templates that may be applicable for other uses (i.e. in-line inclusion) include:
- {{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
- {{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}}
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