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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 1998 - 2002 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 21 27 27 28 23 126
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 17 19 23 18 25 102
XEROX CORPORATION 16 21 21 25 16 99
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 8 17 22 20 71
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 14 18 12 3 49
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 6 14 7 10 11 48
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 4 10 8 12 10 44
~Individually Owned Patent 9 6 8 6 11 40
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 13 5 9 4 36
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 9 8 5 5 28
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 6 11 5 3 2 27
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 12 7 6 0 27
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 2 8 8 4 4 26
FERAG AG 5 5 0 7 7 24
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 5 7 4 5 24
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 3 7 4 6 4 24
MITA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD. 6 10 5 0 0 21
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 2 5 6 6 20
NISCA CORPORATION 2 2 8 3 3 18
NCR CORPORATION 0 6 8 0 2 16
GRAPHA HOLDING AG 1 4 5 4 1 15
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 4 6 2 1 15
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 2 1 3 3 5 14
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 0 0 6 5 3 14
KONICA CORPORATION 1 4 6 2 0 13
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 4 3 3 3 13
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 2 4 1 1 10
M.A.N. ROLAND DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 3 0 2 3 2 10
QUAD/TECH, INC. 0 0 1 5 4 10
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 1 0 2 2 4 9
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 2 6 1 9
BELL & HOWELL MAIL & MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO. 0 0 3 2 3 8
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 0 0 1 7 0 8
NEC CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 3 8
TOHOKU RICOH CO., LTD. 2 2 2 1 1 8
BELL & HOWELL MAIL PROCESSING SYSTEMS COMPANY 2 5 0 0 0 7
GRADCO (JAPAN) LTD. 1 2 0 3 1 7
KOMORI CORPORATION 1 0 0 5 1 7
NEOPOST B.V. 0 0 0 3 4 7
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 0 3 1 0 3 7
SIEMENS NIXDORF INFORMATIONSSYSTEME AG 1 2 1 3 0 7
AVISION INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
CASHCODE COMPANY INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1 1 0 3 1 6
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
KOENIG & BAUER-ALBERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 1 2 0 0 6
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 2 4 6
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 3 0 1 6
BDT BURO-UND DATENTECHNIK GMBH 0 0 1 4 0 5
GBR SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIPPON CONLUX 0 0 0 4 1 5
KOENIG + BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 1 3 0 5
PFU LIMITED 1 0 2 1 1 5


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