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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:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rene De Keyzer, Waasmunster, BE;
Yves Van Meenen, Berchem, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430204 ; 430231 ; 428454 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image receiving material comprising a receiving layer containing physical development nuclei characterized in that said physical development nuclei are grown on a colloidal smectic clay. Said image receiving material may be provided wih a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer or may form a separate receiving element. The image receiving materials of the present invention can also be used for making lithographic printing plates having good printing properties.