Template:US patent
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This template has a sandbox (edit) and testcases (edit) for editors to experiment.
This template has a sandbox (edit) and testcases (edit) for editors to experiment.
{{US patent}} links to the online USPTO patent application and full-text (only after 1976 patents). It also provides a PDF transcript of the images as the TIFF format cause viewing problems in many browsers.
Parameters
- 1 (mandatory)
- The US patent number without commas, commas will be inserted by the template. While the USPTO parser ignores commas other services (notably Google Patents) cannot handle them. For design or reissued patents prefix with
DorRE, respectively; see Patent Search Help for the full list.
- 2 (optional)
- Link title. Use
|and=for|and=, respectively.
Examples
Code:
{{US patent|123456}}
{{US patent|3541541|US3541541}}
{{US patent|4687200|Nintendo's D-pad Patent}}
Produces:
See also
Please, take note of other templates that may be applicable for other uses:
- Template:Patent - generic template; for general use refering to world's patent offices
- Template:US patent reference - for use in "references" section;
- Template:US patent application
- Template:Cite patent creates links to US and other patents on the espace@net database
