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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1995
Jan Grossman, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
John Anthony Quinn, Morganville, NJ (US);
David William Swatton, Redbank, NJ (US);
Jose Antonio Briones, Bear, DE (US);
Paul Thomas Shea, Freehold, NJ (US);
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Reichhold Chemicals, Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
An aqueous developable photosensitive element comprising a support and a photosensitive layer provided thereon, said layer containing (a) an elastomeric microgel binder having an elastomeric core which can be crosslinked and a thermoplastic noncrosslinked shell, (b) an initiator, (c) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or oligomer and optionally (d) a basic compound capable of neutralizing the acidic functionality and method of use to make an aqueous developable flexographic printing plate is described.