Patent or application publication
Original research draft · October 2026
Working pattern
[Title], [country] Patent [or Publication] No. [number], [claim/column/line] ([date]).
Capture from the source
Grant versus application; number; kind code; date; exact locator
Check before you use it
Verify which publication contains the relied-on disclosure or claim language.
Common error: An application publication is not the same instrument as the issued patent.
Completed example
Patent office, jurisdiction, numbers, kind codes, claims, and disclosure are fictional. No actual patent, application, inventor, or patent-law conclusion is represented.
Modular Index Tray, Northmere TRAIN Patent No. TRAIN-NM-510 B1, claim 4 (issued July 2, 2025).
Read the supplied source facts
Fictional packet TRAIN-A42 supplies two instruments from the invented Northmere Patent Office for a device titled Modular Index Tray. The application publication is TRAIN-NM-2024-009 A1, dated October 4, 2024, and has numbered paragraphs. The later grant is TRAIN-NM-510 B1, dated July 2, 2025, and contains claims plus column-and-line locators. Application paragraph 37 describes an optional divider. Granted claim 4 has narrower wording than application claim 4. The assignment asks for the language of the granted claim, not for a conclusion about validity, infringement, or patent term.
Why this works
The patent number, kind code, issue date, and claim locator identify the granted instrument actually used. The application publication is a related but different source. Do not transfer claim wording from the application while citing the grant, even when the title and inventors match. Record both identifiers and the relationship between them, then inspect the precise claim or disclosure cited. A claim locator and a specification paragraph answer different retrieval questions: one identifies claimed language in this packet, while the other may identify an explanatory embodiment. The citation does not itself decide the legal significance of either passage.
When the facts change
For the earlier disclosure, cite Modular Index Tray, Northmere TRAIN Publication No. TRAIN-NM-2024-009 A1, ¶ 37 (published Oct. 4, 2024). If relying on a drawing, identify its figure in the correct instrument. If a corrected grant or later proceeding changes the record, verify that document separately rather than assuming the original downloaded grant remains the complete relevant record.
Apply the receiving court or publication’s requirements. These working forms do not establish citation permission, precedential weight, or support for a legal proposition.