Patent Theme

Media Handling & Feeding Systems

Mechanisms and control systems for reliably feeding, conveying, and separating print media, including managing media roll changes, adjusting airflow, and adapting to different media characteristics.

6,479 US filings from 450 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,669 · 2024: 2,041 · 2025: 1,916 · 2026 YTD: 853

Material Handling (Sheets, Webs)Electrography (Xerography)

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	1,323	351	386	390	196	+1.0%
2	Seiko Epson Corporation	785	206	239	221	119	-7.5%
3	BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	578	181	180	169	48	-6.1%
4	KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.	504	86	156	183	79	+17.3%
5	Ricoh Company, Ltd.	375	96	109	126	44	+15.6%
6	FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.	361	105	119	87	50	-26.9%
7	HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.	238	108	74	29	27	-60.8%
8	TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA	224	60	80	66	18	-17.5%
9	PFU LIMITED	139	21	59	37	22	-37.3%
10	Konica Minolta, Inc.	125	25	32	50	18	+56.2%
11	GLORY LTD.	81	16	35	21	9	-40.0%
12	ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION	81	14	24	31	12	+29.2%
13	SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA	67	17	22	16	12	-27.3%
14	Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.	61	15	20	21	5	+5.0%
15	BOBST MEX SA	42	11	13	13	5	0.0%
16	Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.	36	8	12	14	2	+16.7%
17	FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED	33	8	13	8	4	-38.5%
18	HYOSUNG TNS INC.	33	7	11	10	5	-9.1%
19	JAPAN CASH MACHINE CO., LTD.	33	9	8	10	6	+25.0%
20	Xerox Corporation	33	17	11	4	1	-63.6%
21	SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.	23	9	7	5	2	-28.6%
22	RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION	22	4	11	6	1	-45.5%
23	Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.	21	7	7	7	·	0.0%
24	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.	21	3	2	3	13	+50.0%
25	Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.	21	4	9	4	4	-55.6%