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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:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4302731 ; 430329 ; 430306 ; 4302711 ; 430300 ;
Abstract
A process for recycling exposed and/or unexposed photopolymer flexographic printing plate containing a photopolymerizable recording layer and a support, said process comprising (a) separating the recording layer from the support and comminuting the material and (b) adding the material to a photopolymer mixture is described. The process reduces waste problems, is more environmentally friendly and is used to prepare photopolymerizable flexographic printing plates containing less raw materials.