Patent title: The Patent title should be in sentence case (capital letter on the first word, and then lower case, unless it is a proper noun), e.g. Method for producing L-phosphinothricine by enzymatic transamination with aspartate.
Country name abbreviation: For the name of the country that granted the patent, use the two-letter country abbreviation, e.g. for Australia, use AU, New Zealand, use NZ.
For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.
[1] Author, "Title of patent," Country Patent number, Abbrev. Month, day, year.
[1] W. V. Morrow, "Plotting and drafting machine," NZ Patent 36086, Apr. 12, 1915.
[2] Y. Lin, D. Lowell, and S. Hassan, "Fabrication of multi-level graded photonic super-crystals," U.S. Patent 10 964 916, Mar. 30, 2021.
[1] Name of the invention, by inventor's name. (year, month day). Patent Number [Type of medium]. Available: site/path/file
[1] Frameless glass fencing component, by A. Budai, G. Budai, N. R. Wilson. (2019, Mar. 15). NZ Patent 767951 [Online]. Available: https://app.iponz.govt.nz/app/Extra/IP/Mutual/Browse.aspx?sid=637782896002674314
[2] Deodorising deep sea fish oil, by Y. Wachi, M. Yanagi. (1983, Jun. 4). JP58094386-A [Online]. Available: Derwent Innovations Index: DIIDW:1983798582
When using another person's ideas or words, include an Arabic numeral in square brackets (consecutively numbered).
... has been recently identified [1].
The same number is used if the reference is referred to again. If referring to a different page/part from that reference, include the relevant information with the reference number.
Sensible heat is when heat is transferred to a material by raising or lowering the temperature [1, Ch. 5].
OR
Sensible heat is the transfer of heat to a material by raising or lowering the temperature [1, pp. 340-345].
If you are expressing ideas that have originated from more than one source, separate the numbers with commas if referring to a range of numbers (references).
... in alkyl sulphates such as sodium lauryl sulphate [3], [5], [6] and diethyl sulphate [7]. Other compounds showing promise were those in the C12 - C14 range [8], [9], [10].
Only use the author's name where it is integral to the understanding of the sentence; otherwise, just refer to the reference number.
Cook [11] reduced the calculated time ...
... as demonstrated by Cook [2].
If citing a reference in the text with three or more authors, list the first author followed by et al.
Woods et al. [12] demonstrated the need for speed restrictions ...
For direct quotes, use quotation marks and include the page number(s).
The experts stated that "kinetic energy is the energy possessed by a moving system because of its velocity" [1, p. 139].