Vancouver Examples - Government and corporate documents - Patent

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Template

Inventor AA, inventor; Assignee AA, assignee. Title. Country/Jurisdiction patent Code number. Month dd, year.

Examples

  1. Punyadeera C, Xhang X, Schulz B, inventors; Queensland University of Technology, applicant. Methods for diagnosis of early stage heart failure. Australian patent 2018315056. August 8, 2018.
  2. Gonzalvez M, Colombier M, inventors; Aston Medical, assignee. Humeral implant for prosthesis of reverse shoulder joint of patient, has plate comprising anchoring rod with reduced height and engaged on metaphyseal part of humeral channel and humerus, where rod has openings to facilitate bone ingrowth. French patent FR2997290 (A1). May 2, 2014.

Notes

Patents have two types of authors: inventors and assignees. Assignees, also sometimes referred to as applicants, are the individual/s or organisation/s who hold legal title to the patent.