How to Cite a Patent

Inventions, intellectual property, and patent filings.

What You'll Need

Patent Title
Short title
Inventor(s)
Patent Number
Patent Office
Country/Region
Date Issued

The patent document header contains the patent number, filing date, and issue date. The assignee (owner) may differ from the inventors listed.

Example Citations

APA 7th edition
Page, L. (2001). Method for node ranking in a linked database (U.S. Patent No. US6285999B1). https://patents.google.com/patent/US6285999B1/en
In-text (Page, 2001)
MLA 9th edition
Page, Lawrence. Method for Node Ranking in a Linked Database. US6285999B1, 4 Sept. 2001, patents.google.com/patent/US6285999B1/en.
In-text (Page)
Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography)
Page, Lawrence. Method for node ranking in a linked database. U.S. Patent US6285999B1, issued September 4, 2001. https://patents.google.com/patent/US6285999B1/en.
Footnote Lawrence Page, Method for node ranking in a linked database, U.S. Patent US6285999B1, issued September 4, 2001, https://patents.google.com/patent/US6285999B1/en.
Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition)
Page, L. (2001) ‘Method for node ranking in a linked database’. Available at: https://patents.google.com/patent/US6285999B1/en.
In-text (Page, 2001)
IEEE
[1]
L. Page, “Method for node ranking in a linked database,” US6285999B1, Sep. 04, 2001 [Online]. Available: https://patents.google.com/patent/US6285999B1/en
In-text [1]

Numbered by order of appearance in your document.

Vancouver
1.
Page L. Method for node ranking in a linked database [Internet]. US6285999B1, 2001. Available from: https://patents.google.com/patent/US6285999B1/en
In-text (1)

Numbered by order of appearance in your document.

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