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Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: Patent

Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines

Patent

Patent

The required elements for the reference are:

Inventors Surname, Initials. (Year) Title of patent. Patent number. Day Month of patent.

Cite in-text using name/s of inventors and the year the patent was granted.

Reference List

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment :

Keister, P.P., Mead, R.T., Muffoletto, B.C., Takeuchi, E.S., Ebel, S.J., Zelinsky, M.A. and Greenwood, J.M. (1990) Non-aqueous lithium battery. United States Patent no. 4964877. 23 October.

If the full-text of the patent is available electronically add the Available at: URL and [Accessed date] information:

Available at: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/54/1b/2f/c10a55627d6431/US4964877.pdf [Accessed 26 June 2018].

In-text citation

Example 1 - where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence

Keister et al. (1990) stated that...

Example 2 - where the author's name does not occur naturally in the sentence

The development of the lithium silver vanadium oxide battery with a life of five years (Keister et al. 1990) allowed the widespread use of implantable cardiac defibrillators.

Other points to note

Points to note: 

  • If the full-text of the patent is available electronically add the Available at: URL and [Accessed date] information: Available at: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/54/1b/2f/c10a55627d6431/US4964877.pdf [Accessed 26 June 2018].
  • Cite in-text using name/s of inventors and the year the patent was granted.