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To quote:

"Patents are published into the public domain as part of the terms of granting the patent to the inventor. As such, they are not subject to copyright restrictions. The inventors' right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States for a limited time is not compromised by the publication of the description of the invention. In other words, the fact that a patent's description is in the public domain does not give you permission to manufacture or use the invention without permission from the inventor during the active life of the patent." — USPTO (http://www.uspto.gov/main/ccpubguide.htm).

— Matt Crypto 11:13, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

U.S. patent law has two things to say about copyright and patent illustrations.

Applicatoins are specifically allowed to claim copyright in patent drawings.
If copyright is claimed, the following permission must also be given:

"A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to (copyright or mask work) protection. The (copyright or mask work) owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all (copyright or mask work) rights whatsoever." [1] (http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/appxr_1_71.htm#cfr37s1.71)

In other words, verbatim copies of patent illustrations are fine, derivatives would be more questionable. iMeowbot~Mw 03:41, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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1 Looking for the right copyright tag?

1.1 USA public domain images

1.1.1 USA Federal government images
1.1.2 USA military public domain images

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Looking for the right copyright tag?

See Biocrawler:Image copyright tags for a full list of tags available. The following are applicable within the United States.

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USA public domain images

{{money-US}} - for images of the official currency of the United States. These are in the public domain. (See also {{money}}.)
{{PD-art-US}} - for images of works of art published in the United States prior to 1923. But if the person or organization who digitized it has released it under another license, list that other license as well as this one.
{{PD-CAGov}} - for images created by the California state government that are ineligible for copyright (example).
{{PD-flag-US}} - for images of national, governmental, or historical flags out of copyright in the United States
{{PD-US}} - for copyright-expired images in the US (mainly those published pre-1923). Also for works not eligible for copyright under US law. (May be preferable in some cases vs. {{PD-old}} for US-originating images.)
{{PD-US-patent}} - for images from descriptions of US patents. These are in the public domain, though the actual inventions depicted might be encumbered by patents. [2] (http://www.uspto.gov/main/ccpubguide.htm)

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USA Federal government images

{{HABS}} - Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), Library of Congress images
{{PD-USGov}} - for images created by the US Federal Government that are ineligible for copyright such as Image:George-W-Bush.jpeg.
{{PD-USGov-Atlas}} - National Atlas
{{PD-USGov-CIA}} - Central Intelligence Agency
- {{PD-USGov-CIA-WF}} - CIA World Factbook.
{{PD-USGov-DHS}} - Department of Homeland Security
- {{PD-USGov-DHS-CG}} - Coast Guard
{{PD-USGov-DOC}} - Department of Commerce
- {{PD-USGov-DOC-Census}} - U.S. Census Bureau
- {{PD-USGov-DOC-NOAA}} - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Defense - use {{PD-USGov-Military}})
{{PD-USGov-DOE}} - Department of Energy
{{PD-USGov-DOJ}} - Department of Justice
{{PD-USGov-DOT}} - Department of Transportation
{{PD-USGov-DOL}} - Department of Labor
{{PD-USGov-Education}} - Department of Education
{{PD-USGov-EPA}} - Environmental Protection Agency
{{PD-USGov-FAA}} - Federal Aviation Administration
{{PD-USGov-FBI}} - Federal Bureau of Investigation
{{PD-USGov-FDA}} - Food and Drug Administration
{{PD-USGov-HHS}} - Department of Health and Human Services
- {{PD-USGov-HHS-CDC}} - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- {{PD-USGov-HHS-NIH}} - National Institutes of Health
{{PD-USGov-Interior}} - Department of the Interior
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-BLM}} - Bureau of Land Management
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-FWS}} - Fish and Wildlife Service
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-NPS}} - US National Park Service
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-USGS}} - US Geological Survey
  - {{PD-USGov-Interior-USGS-Minerals}} - "Minerals in Your World" project of the United States Geological Survey and the Mineral Information Institute.
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-USBR}} - Bureau of Reclamation
{{PD-USGov-NARA}} - National Archives and Records Administration
{{PD-USGov-NASA}} - for public domain images from NASA as described on Category:NASA images.
{{PD-USGov-NRO}} - The National Reconnaissance Office
{{PD-USGov-NSA}} - The National Security Agency
{{PD-USGov-POTUS}} - Executive Office of the President images
{{PD-USGov-State}} - State Department images
{{PD-USGov-Treasury}} - Department of the Treasury
{{PD-USGov-USDA}} - Department of Agriculture
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-ARS}} - USDA Agricultural Research Service.
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-FS}} - USDA Forest Service
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-NRCS}} - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
{{PD-TVA}} - Tennessee Valley Authority