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ACS Style Guide

Patents

Patent Owner Last Name, First Initial.; Patent Owner Last Name, First Initial.; etc. Title of Patent. Patent Number, Month Day, Year.

Generic

Diamond, G.; Murphy, V.; Leclerc, M.; Goh, C.; Hall, K.; LaPointe, A.M.; Boussie, T.; Lund, C. Coordination catalysts. US 20020002257 A1, January 3, 2002.

Your professor may have different citing expectations than library staff. Always check at the beginning of term and before starting assignments that the citing rules you are using are appropriate for your class.