B68F MAKING ARTICLES FROM LEATHER, CANVAS, OR THE LIKE
Introduced: September 1968
Description
B68F covers machinery and processes for manufacturing finished articles composed primarily of leather, canvas, or similar flexible sheet materials. This includes equipment for cutting, stitching, assembling, and finishing operations specific to these materials, such as saddles, bags, upholstery components, and garment parts. The classification encompasses both the mechanical devices used in production and the manufacturing techniques applied to these traditional materials. Related leather treatment processes (tanning, dyeing) and the saddlery/harness components themselves are classified elsewhere within B68.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B68F 1/00 Making articles from leather, canvas, or the like (machines or equipment for saddle-making B68F3/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; manufacture and treatment of leather in general, splitting leather, manufacture of driving or other belts C14) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B68F 3/00 Machines or equipment specially adapted for saddle-making (methods B68F1/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B68,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TACHI S COMPANY 144
- TOYOTA BOSHOKU CORPORATION 131
- L & P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY US 84
- TACHI S COMPANY JP 81
- TS TECH COMPANY 79
- YOSHIDA KOGYO JP 78
- YOSHIDA KOGYO 54
- SPUEHL CH 50
- CHANGSHU BEALEAD AUTOMATIC MACHINE COMPANY 50
- ZHEJIANG HUAJIAN INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT 49
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B68,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- L & P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY US 106
- YOSHIDA KOGYO JP 91
- TACHI S COMPANY JP 74
- TACHI S COMPANY 55
- SPUEHL CH 49
- YOSHIDA KOGYO 47
- HARRISON SPINKS COMPONENTS GB 47
- HS PRODUCTS GB 45
- DREAMWELL US 45
- PURPLE INNOVATION US 39