[1] One of the earliest examples, Adler, the first successful locomotive to operate in Germany, was a Patentee supplied by Robert Stephenson and Company in component form in December 1835.

Other examples were exported to the Netherlands (notably De Arend in 1839), Russia and Italy.

[2] Another, Le Belge, was the first steam railway locomotive built in Belgium, constructed in 1835 by John Cockerill under license from Stephenson's company.

By 1838 the type had become the standard passenger design by Robert Stephenson and Company.

[3] Daniel Gooch oversaw the building of two Patentee style Locomotives, originally intended for the New Orleans Railway at 5 ft 6 in broad gauge.