• Patent citation elements are the inventor(s), title, country of issue, patent number, patent kind, and document publication date. If you access the patent via a database, include the database name. Patents accessed online are an exception to needing a DOI or URL and access date, as the application or patent number functions as a unique identifier.
• The standards abbreviation and number (e.g. AS/ISO 21500:2016) are essential citation elements. Since the publisher is usually the organization that issued the standard, it does not need to be repeated in the citation.
• Other than Patents, it is unlikely that legal materials will need to be referenced.
• If legal materials, such as case law or Acts of Parliament, need to be referenced then ACS recommends using the standard citation format as outlined in the AGLC.
Standard format for citation - Patents
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Standard format for citation - Standards
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Standards Organization. Title of Standard; Standard Number; Location, year. DOI or URL (accessed YYYY-MM-DD). |
Patents
1. Baltimore, D.; Qin, X.-F.; Lois-Caballe, C. Method For Expression of Small RNA Molecules Within a Cell. Ep 1 424 896 B1, 2016.
2. Baltimore, D.; Qin, X.-F.; Lois-Caballe, C. Method for Expression of Small Antiviral RNA Molecules within a Cell. WO 03/023015 A2, 2003. Provided by SciFinder, 2003:656330 (accessed 2019-03-17).
Standards
3. Standards Australia. Project, Programme and Portfolio Management - Guidance on Governance; AS/ISO 21505:2018; Sydney, Australia, 2018. https://subscriptions-techstreet-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/products/822508# (accessed 2024-06-04).
4. International Organization for Standardization. Nanotechnologies: Analysis of Nano-objects Using Asymmetrical-Flow and Centrifugal Field-Flow Fractionation; ISO/TS 21362:2018; Geneva, Switzerland, 2018.