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Bates Automatic Numbering-Machine, circa 1906, with a number
printed by the machine.  Bates numbering (also known as Bates
stamping, Bates branding, Bates coding or Bates labeling) is
used in the legal, medical, and business fields to place
identifying numbers and/or date/time-marks on images and
documents as they are scanned or processed, for example, during
the discovery stage of preparations for trial or identifying
business receipts. Bates stamping can be used to mark and
identify images with copyrights by putting a company name, logo
and/or legal copyright on them. This process provides
identification, protection, and automatic consecutive numbering
of the images.   The Bates Automatic Numbering-Machine or Bates
stamper is named after the late 19th century inventor Edwin G.
Bates of New York City. He obtained several United States
patents for the device from 1891 to 1901 and the patents wer