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C14B 1/44

Mechanical treatment of leather surfaces

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Manufacture of leather; Machines or devices therefor > Mechanical treatment of leather surfaces

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.

4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • C14B 1/46 Fluffing, buffing, or sanding IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C14B 1/48 Roughening (by sanding C14B1/46) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C14B 1/50 Glazing IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C14B 1/52 Brushing or plush-wheeling IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C14B 1/54 Ironing (pressing or rolling C14B1/30) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C14B 1/56 Ornamenting, producing designs, embossing (pressing or rolling in general C14B1/30; producing design on furs C14B15/12) 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