Patent Theme
Media Conveyance & Detection
Mechanisms and sensors for accurately conveying, positioning, loading, and managing various types of recording media (e.g., paper, fabric, labels) through a printing apparatus, and detecting their presence, type, or potential collision.
5,172 US filings from 251 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,369 · 2024: 1,595 · 2025: 1,529 · 2026 YTD: 679
Printers & Typewriters
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 1,066 | 287 | 277 | 329 | 173 | +18.8% |
| 2 | Seiko Epson Corporation | 917 | 250 | 284 | 257 | 126 | -9.5% |
| 3 | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 506 | 162 | 145 | 155 | 44 | +6.9% |
| 4 | KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. | 375 | 71 | 112 | 129 | 63 | +15.2% |
| 5 | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | 368 | 93 | 118 | 116 | 41 | -1.7% |
| 6 | FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. | 349 | 107 | 126 | 80 | 36 | -36.5% |
| 7 | TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 200 | 56 | 74 | 58 | 12 | -21.6% |
| 8 | HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. | 169 | 71 | 58 | 24 | 16 | -58.6% |
| 9 | Konica Minolta, Inc. | 148 | 30 | 41 | 58 | 19 | +41.5% |
| 10 | PFU LIMITED | 139 | 21 | 59 | 37 | 22 | -37.3% |
| 11 | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 75 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 12 | +16.7% |
| 12 | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 52 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 6 | -17.6% |
| 13 | Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co., Ltd. | 29 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 14 | JAPAN CASH MACHINE CO., LTD. | 24 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | +50.0% |
| 15 | FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED | 20 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 16 | RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION | 19 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | -37.5% |
| 17 | Canon Finetech Nisca Inc. | 17 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | -77.8% |
| 18 | Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | +40.0% |
| 19 | HYOSUNG TNS INC. | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | -16.7% |
| 20 | SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -50.0% |
| 21 | Hand Held Products, Inc. | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 22 | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | +50.0% |
| 23 | Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | -20.0% |
| 24 | Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | · | -40.0% |
| 25 | KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC. | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | · | +100.0% |