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Format Example
Inventor, A.A., & Inventor, A.A. (YYYY). Title of patent (patent number). Source name. URL Ricci, C.P. (2014). System and method for adapting a control function based on user profile (US11386168B2). Google Patents.  https://patents.google.com/patent/US20220147578A1/en?oq=US20220147578A1

General Rules 

  • How to format in-text citations in your document.
  • Use the author-date citation system for direct quotes: (Author Surname, Publication Year)
  • When citing a reference by two authors use an ampersand between their last names: (Last name & Last Name, Publication Year)
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  • When citing a reference by three or more authors use the first authors names followed by et. al.,: (Last name et. al., Publication Year)
  • When quoting a passage or referencing a specific page include the page numbers after the citation number: (Last Name, Publication Year, p. page number) (Last Name, Publication Year, para. paragraph number) (Last Name, Publication Year, table number)