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.

6,996 US filings from 461 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,081 · 2024: 2,041 · 2025: 1,916 · 2026 YTD: 958

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	1,421	424	386	390	221	+1.0%
2	Seiko Epson Corporation	849	256	239	221	133	-7.5%
3	BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	626	225	180	169	52	-6.1%
4	KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.	543	119	156	183	85	+17.3%
5	FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.	411	149	118	87	57	-26.3%
6	Ricoh Company, Ltd.	406	122	110	126	48	+14.5%
7	HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.	256	123	74	29	30	-60.8%
8	TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA	242	78	80	66	18	-17.5%
9	PFU LIMITED	147	26	59	37	25	-37.3%
10	Konica Minolta, Inc.	132	30	32	50	20	+56.2%
11	GLORY LTD.	84	19	35	21	9	-40.0%
12	ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION	84	17	24	31	12	+29.2%
13	SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA	69	19	22	16	12	-27.3%
14	Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.	66	18	20	21	7	+5.0%
15	BOBST MEX SA	45	13	13	13	6	0.0%
16	Xerox Corporation	42	26	11	4	1	-63.6%
17	HYOSUNG TNS INC.	41	13	11	10	7	-9.1%
18	JAPAN CASH MACHINE CO., LTD.	40	12	8	10	10	+25.0%
19	Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.	38	10	12	14	2	+16.7%
20	FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED	34	9	13	8	4	-38.5%
21	SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.	27	13	7	5	2	-28.6%
22	Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.	25	10	7	7	1	0.0%
23	RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION	25	7	11	6	1	-45.5%
24	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.	22	3	2	3	14	+50.0%
25	GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH	21	2	8	10	1	+25.0%