Template:Patent link/doc

Usage
This template is designed to simplify formatting for patents on Author and Portal pages.

Parameters

 * : The country or possessive of the country the patent was issued in. E.g. "United States" or "Canadian". This will be used to construct the link to the patent.
 * : The number of the patent. This will be used to construct the link to the patent.
 * Any non-blank entry means that only the number will be displayed (e.g. "285584" instead of "United States patent 285584"). Useful for patent listings when the country is already known.
 * : The inventor/author of the patent. This is a free-text field, you need to link authors yourself.
 * : The filing date of the patent (optional).
 * : The issue date of the patent (optional).
 * : The granting date of the patent (optional).
 * : The name of the index of the patent, if uploaded and the index exists (optional).
 * : A link to a scan of the patent, if not present on wiki (optional, not shown if the index is given).

Example