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C14B 1/00

Manufacture of leather; Machines or devices therefor

Introduced: September 1968

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

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  • C14B 1/26 Leather tensioning or stretching frames; Stretching-machines; Setting-out boards; Pasting boards (pasting processes C14B1/60; fastening devices C14B17/08) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C14B 1/28 Machines for treating leather combined with devices for measuring and printing IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C14B 1/38 Hammering leather IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C14B 1/62 Winding or stacking hides or leather IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C14,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 236
  2. SICHUAN UNIVERSITY 186
  3. XINGYE LEATHER TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 118
  4. NANTONG SIRUI ENGINEERING COMPANY 104
  5. HENAN PROSPER SKINS & LEATHER ENTERPRISE COMPANY 93
  6. LIAONING FUXIN NEW MATERIAL COMPANY 90
  7. FENGAN LEATHER COMPANY 70
  8. ZHANGZHOU XIANGZHOU LEATHER COMPANY 70
  9. STAHL INTERNATIONAL NL 68
  10. ZHEJIANG FUBANG GROUP COMPANY 61

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class C14,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 183
  2. SICHUAN UNIVERSITY 135
  3. XINGYE LEATHER TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 93
  4. AGFA-GEVAERT BE 80
  5. MODERN MEADOW US 78
  6. XEROS GB 72
  7. STAHL INTERNATIONAL NL 69
  8. TFL LEDERTECHNIK DE 60
  9. MINKPAPIR DK 53
  10. EIKON TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING LU 51