Patents

Patent references must be captured with class='patent'.

The word 'patent' is always present in this type of reference.

In OBO this class is called out in the manuscript by [class:patent]

A patent reference usually contains components corresponding to the attributes of bibItem listed in the table below:

Attribute	Description
author	The author of the patent.
class	`patent`
date	The date of the patent.
dateEnd	End date of a range starting in the date field
idnumber	Patent number
title	The title of the patent.
url	URL of an online resource

Matsuda, Mikinor et al. 2005. Chassis and cartridge holder with ejection mechanism for ejecting a cartridge from a disk apparatus. US Patent 7,496,934, filed April 18, 2005, and issued Feb. 24, 2009


      <bibItem class="patent" author="Matsuda, Mikinor" date="2005" title="Chassis and cartridge holder with ejection mechanism for ejecting a cartridge from a disk apparatus" idnumber="US Patent 7,496,934">
             <nameGrp role="author" mainName="Matsuda" foreNames="Mikinor">Matsuda, Mikinor</nameGrp> et al. 2005. Chassis and cartridge holder with ejection
        mechanism for ejecting a cartridge from a disk apparatus. US Patent 7,496,934, filed April
        18, 2005, and issued Feb. 24, 2009 </bibItem>

Bardeen, John, and Walter H. Brattain. 1950. Three-Electron Circuit Element Utilizing Semiconductive Materials. U.S. Patent 2,524,035, October 3, 1950. Washington, DC: USPTO.


      <bibItem class="patent" author="Bardeen, John|Brattain, Walter H." date="1950" title="Three-Electron Circuit Element Utilizing Semiconductive Materials" idnumber="U.S. Patent 2,524,035" place="Washington, D.C." publisher="USPTO">
             <nameGrp role="author" mainName="Bardeen" foreNames="John">Bardeen, John</nameGrp>, and <nameGrp mainName="Brattain" foreNames="Walter H.">Walter H. Brattain</nameGrp>. 1950.
        Three-Electron Circuit Element Utilizing Semiconductive Materials. U.S. Patent 2,524,035,
        October 3, 1950. Washington, DC: USPTO.</bibItem>