LSBU Harvard Referencing: Patents

You will need:

• Name of the inventor(s) or name of the organisation
• Year of publication, or year the page was last updated
• Title of the patent document
• Country /region patent number
• Web address
• Date accessed

Format:

Inventor’s surname and initials or organisation. (Year of publication) Title of patent document. Country/region patent number. Available from: www.webaddress.com [Accessed day month year]

Example:

Philip Morris Inc. (1983) Optical perforating apparatus and system. US patent 4404452 A. Available from: https://www.google.com/patents/US4404452 [Accessed 19 February 2021].

In-text citation: (Philip Morris Inc., 1983)

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