what is patent leather made from
Patent leather shoes. Patent leather is a type of coated leather that has a very glossy, shiny finish. The coating process was brought to the United States and improved by inventor Seth Boyden of Newark, New Jersey in 1818, with commercial manufacture beginning September 20, 1819.atent leather has also seen popular use on sneakers. Patent leather is sometimes confused with poromeric imitation leathers such as DuPont 's Corfam and Kuraray 's Clarino, which are artificial materials with a similar glossy appearance. Patent leather and poromerics are cleaned in a similar way.