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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 1969 - 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 270, Sheet-Material Associating

( 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 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 5 6 12 8 9 6 8 9 7 7 6 3 9 1 7 7 9 8 4 3 2 9 6 2 5 3 3 3 2 4 2 4 3 1 2 2 187
FERAG AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 2 5 6 4 1 5 6 2 7 6 4 8 7 1 4 4 1 1 5 88
XEROX CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 6 2 2 5 8 6 12 3 0 2 2 1 3 2 72
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 2 6 1 4 3 6 3 5 9 2 5 8 3 1 66
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 4 4 1 5 2 4 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 56
M.A.N. ROLAND DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 1 8 6 7 3 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 46
HARRIS CORP. 1 0 5 3 2 7 6 3 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 7 3 2 3 0 1 3 0 2 5 1 1 3 41
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 4 3 1 2 1 5 3 1 5 39
GRAPHA HOLDING AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 37
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 4 4 3 1 0 36
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO. 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 33
NISCA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 3 1 3 5 7 28
BELL + HOWELL COMPANY 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
KONICA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 5 2 23
AM INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 3 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
PAPER CONVERTING MACHINE COMPANY 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
KOENIG + BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 18
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 17
CUTTERS MACHINE COMPANY, INC. 3 1 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
ALBERT-FRANKENTHAL AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
GRADCO (JAPAN) LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 13
MCCAIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
CUTTING ROOM APPLIANCES CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
HARRIS GRAPHICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 12
MOORE BUSINESS FORMS INC. 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
QUAD/TECH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 12
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
MITA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
ROLL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 8
IKEGAMI TSUSHINKI CO. LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
CUTTERS EXCHANGE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
KOLBUS GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 7
STOBB, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TOKYO KIKAI SEISAKUSHO, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
C. G. BRETTING MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
IVANHOE RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
MITSUBISHI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
WORLD COLOR PRESS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
BELL & HOWELL MAIL PROCESSING SYSTEMS COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5
BELL & HOWELL PHILLIPSBURG COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
CANON APTEX INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 5
HEIDELBERG FINISHING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
HORIZON INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
K. S. MACEY MACHINE COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
KRAUSS U. REICHERT GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
MASCHINENFABRIK GOEBEL, GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PANTHER MACHINE CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
SINDO RICOH CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
WALLACE COMPUTER SERVICES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
WINKLER & DUNNEBIER MASCHINENFABRIK & EISENGIESSEREI KG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5


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