IEEE citation style
Patent
Model for a patent accessible online
- Name of the invention, by inventor’s name. (year, month day). Country Patent Number [Medium]. Available: site/path/file
Examples
Patent from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office database (online)
- Type composing machine, by J. Mayer and C. A. Albrecht. (1907, March 26) CA 104 300 [Online]. Available: https://www.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/patent/104300/summary.html
Patent from a Google patent search (online)
- System and method for routing communications based on wireless communication link quality, by B. Moon and M. Smith. (2000, December 22) US Patent 6 961 573 [Online]. Available: https://patents.google.com/patent/US6961573B1/en