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Patent

An OpenURL for a patent grant — country code, kind code, patent number, inventors, assignee.

Scenario

A patent database refers the user to a granted US patent. The patent is identified by its country (US), patent number, and kind code (B2 — a granted patent with prior publication). Application data is also carried.

OpenURL

https://resolver.example.edu/openurl?
ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004
&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:patent
&rft.patent_number=7654321
&rft.cc=US
&rft.kind=B2
&rft.title=Method+and+System+for+Document+Indexing
&rft.inventor=Doe%2C+Jane
&rft.inventor=Roe%2C+Richard
&rft.assignee=Example+Corporation
&rft.applnumber=12%2F345%2C678
&rft.applcc=US
&rft.appldate=2008-12-01
&rft.date=2010-06-22
&rfr_id=info:sid/example.com:patentdb

Decoded

rft_val_fmt
info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:patent
rft.patent_number
7654321 (illustrative — the example does not refer to a real patent)
rft.cc
US — country of grant.
rft.kind
B2 — WIPO Standard ST.16 kind code: a granted patent following prior publication of the application.
rft.title
Method and System for Document Indexing
rft.inventor (repeated)
Doe, Jane; Roe, Richard — two inventors, each in a separate parameter.
rft.assignee
Example Corporation — entity to whom the patent is assigned.
rft.applnumber
12/345,678 — the application number; the slash and comma are percent-encoded.
rft.applcc / rft.appldate
US / 2008-12-01 — application country and filing date.
rft.date
2010-06-22 — date of grant.

Notes

  • The full canonical patent designation "US 7,654,321 B2" is built from rft.cc, rft.patent_number, and rft.kind.
  • The kind code follows WIPO Standard ST.16. Common US codes include A1 (pre-grant publication), B1 (grant without prior publication), B2 (grant after prior publication), S1 (design patent).
  • Inventors and assignees are repeatable.
  • The patent number above is illustrative. Real patent numbers should be substituted for production use.

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