IPC Subgroup
C14B 1/02 Fleshing, unhairing, samming, stretching-out, setting-out, shaving, splitting, or skiving skins, hides, or leather
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Manufacture of leather; Machines or devices therefor > Fleshing, unhairing, samming, stretching-out, setting-out, shaving, splitting, or skiving skins, hides, or leather
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- SKINS; HIDES; PELTS OR LEATHER
- Subclass:
- MECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES, OR LEATHER IN GENERAL; PELT-SHEARING MACHINES; INTESTINE-SPLITTING MACHINES
Related Keywords
DE-HAIRING of hides or skinsFLESHING hides or skinsSHAVING(S) of hides and skinsSKIVING hides; SKIVING skins; SKIVING leatherSMOOTHING of hides or skinsSPLITTING of hides; SPLITTING of skins; SPLITTING of leather
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C14B 1/04 using slicking, scraping, or smoothing-out cylinders or blades fixed on supports, e.g. cylinders, in a plane substantially at right angles to the working surface
- C14B 1/14 using tools cutting the skin in a plane substantially parallel to its surface
- C14B 1/24 Cutting or shearing hairs without cutting the skin
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C14, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 236
- SICHUAN UNIVERSITY 186
- XINGYE LEATHER TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 118
- NANTONG SIRUI ENGINEERING COMPANY 104
- HENAN PROSPER SKINS & LEATHER ENTERPRISE COMPANY 93
- LIAONING FUXIN NEW MATERIAL COMPANY 90
- FENGAN LEATHER COMPANY 70
- ZHANGZHOU XIANGZHOU LEATHER COMPANY 70
- STAHL INTERNATIONAL NL 68
- ZHEJIANG FUBANG GROUP COMPANY 61