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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:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lode Deprez, Wachtebeke, BE;
Ronny De Clercq, Aalter, BE;
Assignee:
AGFA-Gevaert, N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430232 ; 430204 ; 430231 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate according to silver salt diffusion transfer processing, said imaging element comprising on a support a silver halide emulsion layer and a receiving layer, said receiving layer comprising (i) physical development nuclei, (ii) an inorganic colloidal substance and (iii) a hydrophilic polymer being a homo- or copolymer of acrylamide or methacrylamide.