Template:US patent reference/doc

This template is mostly for inclusion in the "References" section of article, giving detailed description of US patent: the inventor, title, and link to find full text in US patent office database.

Usage

 * number (required) is a patent number, without leading "US" letters, but with leading "D" letter if patent number contains it, and is required.
 * y, m, d (optional) are the year, month and day of issuing (granting). Four digits are required for the year, and two for the month and day even if the first digit is zero.
 * inventor (optional) is a name of inventor; it can be a wiki-link, of course.
 * title (optional) is the title of the patent.

Sample rendering
Preferably, after inclusion of this template in "references", one should give less formal and more reader-friendly explanation of what this patent is all about.