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How to read a U.S. Patent Document & Finding the Year for a Patent Number

U.S. Patent Documents

Format. Patents have a set format which is great if you know understand the conventions.  For help with those format conventions:

 

Content. For help with understanding the intellectual content of a patent:

 

Patent-Number/Year. If you have a U.S. patent number and want to know the year, here's an aid:

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