Citations

Include the inventor(s) and the official source from which the patent information can be retrieved. 

Example:

NOTE: Even if you retrieved the patent from Google Patents, the US Patent and Trademark Office is still the "official source" of the patent information.

Whether you are citing a standard from IEEE, ANSI, ASME, ASTM or another organization, the same rules apply:

Basic Format:

Base Designation / Edition-Version / Title / Publisher / Publisher City / Publisher State, Province / Publication Year / DOI / Publisher Website

Examples:

Referencing Standards with Year of Approval:

ASTM Standard C33, 2003, "Specification for Concrete Aggregates," ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2003, DOI: 10.1520/C0033-03, www.astm.org.

Referencing Standards (multiple revisions in same year):

ASTM Standard C33, 2003a, "Specification for Concrete Aggregates," ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2003, DOI: 10.1520/C0033-03A, www.astm.org.

Referencing Standards (reapproved):

ASTM Standard C33, 2003 (2006), "Specification for Concrete Aggregates," ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2006, DOI: 10.1520/C0033-03R06, www.astm.org.

Referencing Standards (editorial change):

ASTM Standard C33, 2003e1, "Specification for Concrete Aggregates," ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2003, DOI: 10.1520/C0033-03E01, www.astm.org.

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