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Sella asked how to cite patents. The CBE Style Manual, Scientific Style
and Format, 6th edition, p. 657, states that a patent citation is as
follows:
Name of the inventor of the patented device or process, the word
"inventor"; assignee. Title. Patent descriptor. Date issued [year month
day].
Example:
Harred JF, Knight AR, McIntyre JS, inventors; Dow Chemical Company,
assignee. Epoxidation process. US patent 3,654,317. 1972 Apr 4.
Murrie W. Burgan
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
murrie -dot- burgan -at- jhuapl -dot- edu
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