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This template identifies a patent or patent application and links to the patents entry in the espacenet database, and also provides some additional information about the cited patent. Suggested uses are within a pair of <ref></ref> tags or as part of a (patent) bibliography at the end of the article. This template should not be used in the body of an article; for more details, see the external links guideline.
General patent template for citing patents or patent applications from any country is drawn from the espacenet database. This database is more useful than the USPTO database, since it highlights related patents/applications in other countries, provides current status information, and offers a multi-language interface (English/French/German).