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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Branch (PTMB)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2001 - 2005 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant
First-Named Assignee 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 18 25 49 26 12 130
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 28 23 18 20 14 103
XEROX CORPORATION 25 16 19 10 10 80
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 12 10 18 18 6 64
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 17 13 19 49
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 22 20 5 0 0 47
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 10 11 12 6 8 47
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 12 3 8 2 11 36
~Individually Owned Patent 6 11 7 4 6 34
FERAG AG 7 7 7 6 5 32
NISCA CORPORATION 3 3 11 4 9 30
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 3 5 8 5 4 25
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 9 4 4 3 2 22
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 0 5 4 6 21
UNISYS CORPORATION 6 6 5 2 0 19
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 3 5 7 0 18
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 1 4 4 8 18
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 0 3 8 5 18
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 5 0 4 3 17
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 2 5 0 7 17
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 5 3 5 3 0 16
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 2 0 10 2 0 14
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 3 6 3 1 13
AVISION INC. 1 4 5 1 1 12
HITACHI, LTD 2 0 6 2 2 12
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 6 4 2 0 0 12
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 3 5 2 1 11
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 7 0 2 1 1 11
GRAPHA HOLDING AG 4 1 4 2 0 11
QUAD/TECH, INC. 5 4 2 0 0 11
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 3 11
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 4 1 0 11
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 1 2 2 4 10
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 1 3 3 1 10
NCR CORPORATION 0 2 6 1 1 10
BELL & HOWELL MAIL & MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO. 2 3 3 1 0 9
BOBST, S.A. 0 3 1 3 2 9
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 2 1 2 1 9
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 5 0 0 0 9
GBR SYSTEMS CORPORATION 4 1 3 1 0 9
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 5 9
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 2 4 1 1 0 8
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIPPON CONLUX 4 1 1 2 0 8
KOMORI CORPORATION 5 1 0 1 1 8
KONICA CORPORATION 2 0 2 3 1 8
MARS INCORPORATED 1 0 1 4 2 8
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 4 4 0 0 0 8
NEC CORPORATION 2 3 3 0 0 8
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 6 1 0 1 0 8
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 7 0 0 8
ASAHI SEIKO CO., LTD. 2 1 1 2 1 7
DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 3 1 1 1 1 7
NEOPOST B.V. 3 4 0 0 0 7
BDT BURO-UND DATENTECHNIK GMBH 4 0 2 0 0 6
KOENIG + BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 0 0 3 0 6
M.A.N. ROLAND DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 3 2 0 1 0 6
NEOPOST INDUSTRIE 1 1 2 0 2 6
SILITEK CORPORATION 0 0 5 1 0 6
AGFA CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
GRADCO (JAPAN) LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
MULTIFEEDER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
OKIDATA CORPORATION 3 0 0 1 1 5
OMRON CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 1 5
PFU LIMITED 1 1 3 0 0 5


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