Template:US patent
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{{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. The parser ignores commas and their use is preferred. For design or reissued patents prefix with
D
orRE
, respectively; see Patent Search Help for the full list.
- 2 (optional)
- Link text. Use
|
and=
for|
and=
, respectively.
Examples
Code:
{{US patent|123,456}} {{US patent|3,541,541|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: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