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.

5,513 US filings from 257 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,710 · 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	1,122	343	277	329	173	+18.8%
2	Seiko Epson Corporation	977	310	284	257	126	-9.5%
3	BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	546	202	145	155	44	+6.9%
4	KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.	400	96	112	129	63	+15.2%
5	FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.	391	149	126	80	36	-36.5%
6	Ricoh Company, Ltd.	390	115	118	116	41	-1.7%
7	TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA	215	71	74	58	12	-21.6%
8	HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.	179	81	58	24	16	-58.6%
9	Konica Minolta, Inc.	155	37	41	58	19	+41.5%
10	PFU LIMITED	145	27	59	37	22	-37.3%
11	ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION	78	14	24	28	12	+16.7%
12	SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA	55	18	17	14	6	-17.6%
13	Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co., Ltd.	29	6	7	14	2	+100.0%
14	JAPAN CASH MACHINE CO., LTD.	25	6	6	9	4	+50.0%
15	RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION	22	7	8	5	2	-37.5%
16	FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED	20	5	6	6	3	0.0%
17	HYOSUNG TNS INC.	20	7	6	5	2	-16.7%
18	Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.	19	6	9	2	2	-77.8%
19	Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.	18	4	5	7	2	+40.0%
20	SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.	17	6	4	2	5	-50.0%
21	Hand Held Products, Inc.	16	3	5	5	3	0.0%
22	Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.	15	7	5	3	·	-40.0%
23	Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.	15	3	5	4	3	-20.0%
24	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.	14	1	2	3	8	+50.0%
25	KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC.	13	4	3	6	·	+100.0%