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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ali Afzali-Ardakani, White Plains, NY (US);
Keith S Pennington, Somer, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101467 ; 4002411 ; 400696 ;
Abstract
This invention describes a direct master for offset printing. The master comprises a thin metal layer, a thermoplastic layer disposed on the metal layer, and a conductive oxide layer evaporated on the metal layer. When this master is subjected to electrical pulses from the styli of a printer, some of the thermoplastic layer diffuses through the oxide layer changing selected regions of the oxide layer to oleophilic regions.