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NWU Harvard Referencing Guide

Based on the NWU Referencing Guide.

Patents and standards

Give the name of the inventor(s), the date of the invention, the title of the patent / invention and the patent number. If found on the internet, give the URL and date of access.acces.

Harvard referencing patents

Country codes:

AP – African Regional Industrial Property Organization FI - Finland MX – Mexico
AR – Argentina FR – France NL – Netherlands
AT – Austria GB – United Kingdom NO – Norway
AU – Australia GC – Gulf Cooperation Council NZ – New Zealand
BE – Belgium GR – Greece PH – Philippines
BG – Bulgaria HK – Hong Kong PL – Poland
BR – Brazil HR – Croatia PT – Portugal
CA – Canada HU – Hungary RO – Romania
CH – Switzerland IE – Ireland RU – Russia
CN – China, People’s Republic of IL – Israel SE – Sweden
CR – Costa Rica IN – India SG – Singapore
CS – Czechoslovakia IP – Web publication SI – Slovenia
CZ – Czech Republic IT – Italy SK – Slovakia
DD – German Democratic Republic JP – Japan SU – USSR
DE – Germany KR – Korea, Republic of TR – Turkey
DK – Denmark LT - Lithuania TW – Taiwan
EE – Estonia LU – Luxemborg US – Unite States
EG – Egypt LV – Latvia WO – WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
EP – EPO (European Patent Office) MC – Monaco ZA – South Africa
ES – Spain MD – Moldova  

Harvard referencing standards

Harvard referencing standards