Patents

Format

Example

Last Name, A. B.; Last Name, C. D.; etc. Title of Patent. Patent Identifier Number x,xxx,xxx, Month Day, Year. 

Weinaug, C. F.; Daniel, L. Production of Hydrocarbon Material. U.S. Patent 2,867,277A, January 6, 1959.

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Last Name, A. B. & Last Name, C. D. (year). Patent Identifier Number x,xxx,xxx. Location: Source Name.

Weinaug, C. F. & Daniel, L. (1959). US Patent 2,867,277A. Washington, DC: U.S.

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Patent Identifier No. x,xxx,xxx (issued Mo. day, year). 

U.S. Patent No. 2,867,277A (issued Jan. 6, 1959).

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Last Name, First Name and First Name Last Name. Title of Patent.  Patent Identifier Number x,xxx,xxx, filed Month Day, Year, and issued Month Day, Year. 

Weinaug, Charles F. and Ling Daniel. Production of hydrocarbon material. US Patent 2,867,277A, filled February 14, 1959, and issued January 6, 1959.

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[X] A. B. Last Name, C. D. Last Name, "Title of patent," Patent Identifier x xxx xxx, Mo., Day, Year. 

[1] C. F. Weinaug, L. Daniel, “Production of hydrocarbon material,” U.S. Patent 2 867 277A, Jan., 6, 1959.

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Last Name, First Name and Last Name, First Name. "Title of patent." Patent Identifier x,xxx,xxx. Day Month Year. 

Weinaug, Charles. F. and Daniel, Ling. “Production of hydrocarbon material.” US Patent 2,867,277A. 06 January 1959.

MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing

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Last Name, AB, Last Name, CD, inventors; Name of Assignee, assignee. Title of patent. Patent Country document type Patent Identifier Number x,xxx,xxx. Year Mo Day.

Weinaug, CF, Daniel, L, inventors; University of Kansas, assignee. Production of hydrocarbon material. United States patent US 2,867,277A. 1959 Jan 6.

Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers

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Example

Last Name, AB, Last Name, CD, inventors; Name of Assignee, assignee. Year Mo Day. Title of Patent. Patent Country document type Patent Identifier Number x,xxx,xxx.

Weinaug, CF, Daniel, L, inventors; University of Kansas, assignee. 1959 Jan 6. Production of hydrocarbon material. United States patent US 2,867,277A.