<patent>

Patent Number (in a citation)

In a bibliographic citation (<element-citation> or <mixed-citation>) or a citation to a related object (<related-object>), this element holds identification information for a patent.

Attributes

Model Description

Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more

This element may be contained in:

Example

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<mixed-citation publication-type="patent" publication-format="print"
 ><person-group person-group-type="inventor"
  ><string-name><surname>Goss</surname>, 
   <given-names>K.</given-names></string-name></person-group>, 
 &#x201C;<article-title>Cryptographic Method and Apparatus 
  for Public Key Exchange with Authentications</article-title>,&#x201D; 
 <patent country="US">U.S, Patent no. 4, 956,863</patent>, 
 <month>Sept.</month> <day>11</day>, 
 <year>1990</year>.</mixed-citation>
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