Paiste Patents

Sound Edge Hi-Hat

Country	Code	Patent #	Year
Switzerland	CH	475 622	?
Great Britain	GB	1 124 438	?
Italy	IT	821 204	?
USA	US	3 453 923	?
Germany	DE	1 597 032	?
USSR	SU	262 7562	?

Year	Stamp	Countries
1974	(2002 15" Sound Edge Hi-Hat)	CH, GB, IT, US, DE, SU Other Pending
1983	(Formula 602 14" Sound Edge Hi-Hat)	CH, GB, IT, US, DE, SU

Flatride

Country	Code	Patent #	Year
Switzerland	CH	465 370	?
Canada	CA	880 436	1971
USA	US	3 546 994	?

Year	Stamp	Countries
1973	(Formula 602 18" Flatride Medium)	CA, CH, US Other Pending
1981	(2002 20" Flatride)	CA, CH, US
1985	(Sound Creation 22" Dark Flatride)	CA, CH, US

Signature Alloy

Country	Code	Patent #	Year
Switzerland	CH	672 855	?
Canada	CA	1 309 279	?
USA	US	4 809 581	?
Europe	EU	0 300 181	?
Argentina	AR	239 297	?
China	CN	881 045 942	?
Mexico	MX	171 574	?

Year	Stamp	Countries
1989-1	(Paiste Signature 22" Thin China)	Patent Pending
1989-2	(Paiste Signature 22" Thin China)	US Other Patents Pending
1990	(Paiste Signature 20" Mellow Crash)	US, CH, AR Other Patents Pending
1995	(Paiste Signature 22" Heavy China)	US, EU, AR, CN, CH, CA, MX Other Patents Pending