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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 2000 - 2004 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 23 18 25 49 26 141
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 27 28 23 18 20 116
XEROX CORPORATION 21 25 16 19 10 91
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 8 12 10 18 18 66
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 17 22 20 5 0 64
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 7 10 11 12 6 46
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 18 12 3 8 2 43
~Individually Owned Patent 8 6 11 7 4 36
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 17 13 30
NISCA CORPORATION 8 3 3 11 4 29
FERAG AG 0 7 7 7 6 27
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 9 4 4 3 25
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 3 3 5 8 5 24
UNISYS CORPORATION 5 6 6 5 2 24
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 5 5 0 4 22
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 6 5 3 5 3 22
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7 6 0 5 4 22
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 3 3 5 7 21
NCR CORPORATION 8 0 2 6 1 17
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 4 5 0 0 16
GRAPHA HOLDING AG 5 4 1 4 2 16
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 8 4 4 0 0 16
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 4 6 4 2 0 16
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 5 3 2 5 0 15
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 0 2 0 10 2 14
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 6 2 1 3 2 14
KONICA CORPORATION 6 2 0 2 3 13
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 8 13
AVISION INC. 1 1 4 5 1 12
BELL & HOWELL MAIL & MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO. 3 2 3 3 1 12
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 0 3 6 3 12
QUAD/TECH, INC. 1 5 4 2 0 12
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 1 7 0 2 1 11
HITACHI, LTD 1 2 0 6 2 11
NEC CORPORATION 3 2 3 3 0 11
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 4 4 1 11
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 3 0 1 7 0 11
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 0 3 5 2 10
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 4 1 1 2 2 10
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 2 2 4 1 1 10
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 2 6 1 0 1 10
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 1 1 4 4 10
GBR SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 4 1 3 1 9
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 2 1 3 3 9
BOBST, S.A. 1 0 3 1 3 8
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 3 2 1 2 8
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIPPON CONLUX 0 4 1 1 2 8
M.A.N. ROLAND DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 2 3 2 0 1 8
BDT BURO-UND DATENTECHNIK GMBH 1 4 0 2 0 7
KOENIG + BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 3 0 0 3 7
KOMORI CORPORATION 0 5 1 0 1 7
MARS INCORPORATED 1 1 0 1 4 7
MULTIFEEDER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 1 3 0 7
NEOPOST B.V. 0 3 4 0 0 7
PFU LIMITED 2 1 1 3 0 7
ASAHI SEIKO CO., LTD. 0 2 1 1 2 6
DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 0 3 1 1 1 6
SILITEK CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 1 6
TOHOKU RICOH CO., LTD. 2 1 1 2 0 6
CASHCODE COMPANY INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
GRADCO (JAPAN) LTD. 0 3 1 1 0 5
MITA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD. 5 0 0 0 0 5


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