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Council of Science Editors (CSE) Citation Style Guide

An overview of the CSE citation style used across the sciences.

Patents

Patent

Inventor; assignee. Title of patent. Country patent number. Publication date.


Anatomy of a citation
  1. Inventor name(s): Formatted as last name and initials (no periods), list multiple inventors in the order in which they appear on the patent. For more than five names, list the first name followed by "et al."
  2. Assignee name: See above.
  3. Title of patent
  4. Issuing country/region: Use adjective form.
  5. Patent number: Begins with a 2-digit ISO country code.
  6. Publication date: Formatted as year month (abbreviated) and day.

 

Example

Haynes BF et al, inventors. Duke University et al, assignees. Antibody evolution immunogens. United States patent US10849970B2. 2020 Dec 1.