C14B
Mechanical treatment or processing of skins, hides or leather in general
Official title: MECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES OR LEATHER IN GENERAL; PELT-SHEARING MACHINES; INTESTINE-SPLITTING MACHINES (making leather substitutes B29, D06N; making articles from leather B68F; mechanical cleaning of hides or the like D06G; artificial leather D06N)
C14B (Mechanical treatment or processing of skins, hides or leather in general) appears on 400 US grants and 279 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C14B- Granted patents
- 400
- Published applications
- 279
- Assignees
- 215
- Inventors
- 683
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 7 | 10 |
| 2005 | 6 | 8 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 10 |
| 2008 | 1 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 8 |
| 2011 | 5 | 11 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9 |
| 2013 | 3 | 14 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9 |
| 2015 | 6 | 18 |
| 2016 | 11 | 18 |
| 2017 | 6 | 21 |
| 2018 | 12 | 13 |
| 2019 | 13 | 20 |
| 2020 | 24 | 16 |
| 2021 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 14 | 19 |
| 2023 | 7 | 18 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- C14B 1/00Manufacture of leather237
- C14B 17/00Details of apparatus or machines for manufacturing or treating skins, hides, leather77
- C14B 5/00Clicking, perforating, or cutting leather75
- C14B 15/00Mechanical treatment of furs58
- C14B 7/00Special leathers and their manufacture47
- C14B 11/00Finishing the edges of leather pieces16
- C14B 2700/00Mechanical treatment or processing of skins, hides or leather in generalIndexing code15
- C14B 19/00Hand tools specially adapted for the treatment of hides, skins, or leather14
Recent patents
- Method for obtaining a modified collagen absorbent product from leather16 Jun 2026US 12,654,150 B2OilKontrol USA, Inc
- Leather fiber for spun yarn14 Apr 2026US 12,601,091 B2Atko Planning Inc.
- Method for producing a multilayer laminar product and plant for implementing said method24 Feb 2026US 12,559,805 B2Costa S.R.L.
- Position splitting10 Feb 2026US 12,545,968 B2Lisa Dräxlmaier GmbH
- Leather burnishing tool4 Nov 2025US 12,460,273 B1
- Multilayer Leather Product And Method For The Preparation Thereof27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249588 A1David Leather Expressions Srl
- Method for manufacturing recycled leather by using leather11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159907 A1Joil Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Leather decorating device and method21 May 2026US 2026/0139335 A121Grams Leather Goods LLC
- Machine for processing leather and fabrics26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085370 A1Renbertech S.R.L.
- Method for automatically positioning defects of a coupon of flexible material having non-homogeneous characteristics19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077528 A1Lectra
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for automatically cutting material in standard patterns70US 4,901,359 ADurkopp System Technik GmbH · 1990
- Method for nesting contours to be cut out of natural leather66US 5,258,917 ADurkopp Systemtechnik GmbH · 1993
- Method and apparatus for cutting parts from pieces of irregularly shaped and sized sheet material55US 4,725,961 AGerber Garment Technology, Inc. · 1988
- Method and apparatus for making drawn containers48US 4,051,707 AKraft, Inc. · 1977
- Method of cutting an object as a function of particularities of said object45US 4,982,437 AManufacture Francaise des Chaussures "Eram" · 1991