Author, Title, Country patent Patent number, filed Date filed and issued Date issued, number of the cited page, URL. Template of short note:.A full template and example to help you write a citation for a Patent in the Chicago Manual of Style citation style. The inventor(s) name(s); The title of the patent; The number of the patent; The year the patent application was filed. The minimum data required for an acceptable citation are the name(s) of the patent owner(s), the patent number, and the date. When citing a patent, make sure the Patent Number exactly follows the document, including all commas, spaces, and dashes. Patent Citation Example ; Chicago. Format. Example. Last Name, First Name and First Name Last Name. Country code and patent number, date filed (if known) and date issued. Our footnote example would therefore look like this in the bibliography:.