Template talk:US patent

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Contents 1 Usage 2 See also 3 Technical details and discussion 4 UK Patent Office is better 4.1 Example

[edit] Usage

Entering the text:

{{US patent|5,123,456}}
{{US patent|0123,456}}
{{US patent|D023,456}}
{{US patent|RE03,456}}

creates:

U.S. Patent 5,123,456

U.S. Patent 0123,456

U.S. Patent D023,456

U.S. Patent RE03,456

Using commas is preferred, though the template works with or without them. Patents must be in 7 digits, Design patents must be in 6 digits. Reissued patents must be in 5 digits.

[edit] See also

Please, take note of other templates that may be applicable for other uses:

• US patent reference - for use in "references" section;
• US patent application
• UK patent

[edit] Technical details and discussion

I just found this:

How can I link to a particular patent?

A special shortened URL format:http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5123456

where the patent number "5123456" may be replaced by any valid patent number within the database, has been established to enable users to more easily construct a URL for bookmarking or linking to the full-text of a single granted patent. To simplify this process even further, the patent grant search process has been modified such that when a search results in a single hit, the user is taken directly to the full-text display for that patent, rather than to a hit list containing only the single patent.

- Omegatron 16:40, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] UK Patent Office is better

It's unfortunate, but this template links only to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Many older patents don't have an on-line text abstract, only a scan of the document. The USPTO only offers patent drawings in TIFF format, and then only through a browser plug-in. While there are a number of plug-ins to be found on the Web, so far I haven't discovered any that are free. Moreover, after repeated requests over the last 3-4 years, the USPTO remains stubborn, refusing to provide a simple text hyperlink to the TIFF files so that one might download them to one's hard drive and view them with an external graphic file viewer application, of which there are many.
A better alternative is to go through the UK Patent Office site. One can find U.S. patents there in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format, for which the browser plug-in is free and readily available. Moreover, the UK site has links to patent collections of many nations around the world. --Quicksilver^{T @} 22:30, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

AlternaTIFF is as free as Adobe Reader and works great for me on the US patent site in Firefox. — Omegatron 01:09, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

And their site provides some links to other resources:

Some people have written special utilities for the USPTO site; see PatentMailer or pat2pdf or innoVUE/interneTIFF. There are also services like US Patent Search and GetThePatent. (Please note that we have no affiliation with any of the products or services listed here -- this is not an endorsement.) - [1]

Is there anyway that we could provide a link to one of the PDF services? –70.111.223.241 20:23, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Example

• U.S. Patent 1234567 PDF Convert — Somewhat long
• U.S. Patent 1234567 (PDF)
• U.S. Patent 1234567
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  — Based on {{click}}, Should really be used as it is not accessible friendly.
• U.S. Patent 1234567