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=== Usage ===
This template is designed for simple citation of patents.  Parameters are passed numerically:

#The prefix of the organization publishing the patent, examples are
#*'''US''': [[U.S. Patent Office]]
#*'''EP''': [[European Patent Organisation]] (under the [[European Patent Convention]])
#*'''WO''': [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (under the [[United Nations]])
#*'''DE''': [[Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt]]
# The patent or patent application number (no punctuation is allowed at this time)
# string "application" (optional third parameter)
# Patent publication data such as author name and title (this does not affect the generated URL)

The output is the patent number, and a link pointing to a permalink for the patent chosen. This output should be enclosed within reference tags (<code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki></ref></nowiki></code>) in the same way as [[Template:Cite journal]].

Note that patent ''application numbers'' are generally different from ''patent numbers''. If you need this, please use the [[Template:Cite patent]] template with the optional ''application'' parameter.

'''Examples:'''
* '''<code><nowiki>{{patent|US|6556992}}</nowiki></code>''' results in
: {{patent|US|6556992}}

* '''<code><nowiki>{{patent|US|6556992|"Method and system for rating patents and other intangible assets."}}</nowiki></code>''' results in
: {{patent|US|6556992|"Method and system for rating patents and other intangible assets."}}

* '''<code><nowiki>{{patent|DE|19734511|application|B. Kämmerer, C, Maggioni, H. Röttger/SIEMENS AG: "Kommunikationseinrichtung" filing date 08.08.1997}}</nowiki></code>''' results in
: {{patent|DE|19734511|application|B. Kämmerer, C, Maggioni, H. Röttger/SIEMENS AG: "Kommunikationseinrichtung" filing date 08.08.1997}}

* '''<code><nowiki>{{patent|DE|19734511|application}}</nowiki></code>''' results in
: {{patent|DE|19734511|application}}

=== See also ===
* {{tl|Cite patent}}, creates links to US and other patents on the espacenet database
* {{tl|Citeref patent}}, for an inline citations to a patent bibliography
* {{tl|EPO Register}}, to include a link to the European Patent Register entry of a European patent or patent application
* {{tl|Ref patent}}, similar to {{tl|US patent reference}}, but using espacenet with more details than {{tl|Cite patent}}
* {{tl|US patent}}, to include a link to a US patent
* {{tl|US patent application}}, to cite a US patent application as a reference in "references" section
* {{tl|US patent reference}}, to cite a US patent as a reference in "references" section
* {{tl|USPTO Application}}
* {{tl|USPTO Patent}}

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