Template:US patent reference/doc

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= |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

{{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
}}

Template:Citation/make link, John D. Grant, "Machine head for tuning a stringed instrument, especially a guitar or the like", issued  

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:

• Template:Tl, creates links to US and other patents on the espacenet database
• Template:Tl, for an inline citations to a patent bibliography
• Template:Tl, to include a link to the European Patent Register entry of a European patent or patent application
• Template:Tl, a generic template for general use referring to world's patent offices
• Template:Tl, similar to Template:Tl, but using espacenet with more details than Template:Tl
• Template:Tl, to include a link to a US patent
• Template:Tl, to cite a US patent application as a reference in "references" section
• Template:Tl, to cite a US patent as a reference in "references" section
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl

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Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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